A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled exceptions delivered after a stack switch operation via Mov SS or Pop SS instructions. During the stack switch operation, processor does not deliver interrupts and exceptions, they are delivered once the first instruction after the stack switch is executed. An unprivileged system user could use this flaw to crash the system kernel resulting in DoS. This CVE-2018-10872 was assigned due to regression of CVE-2018-8897 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 GA kernel. No other versions are affected by this CVE.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2018-07-10T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T07:46:47.310Z

Reserved: 2018-05-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-10872

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-07-10T19:29:00.243

Modified: 2023-02-12T23:31:39.397

Link: CVE-2018-10872

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-07-10T10:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-10872 - Bugzilla