Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

14 Linux Kernel CVEs in February 2018

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In February 2018, 14 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 1 was rated Critical, 5 were rated High severity and 8 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. February's 14 CVEs represent 8% of all 2018 Linux kernel CVEs , down from January's 18 (a 22% month-over-month decrease) .

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Total CVEs
1
Critical
5
High
8
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — February 2018 14 CVEs
All (14) Critical (1) High (5) Medium (8) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2017-18174 linux Critical 9.8 2018-02-11 In the Linux kernel before 4.7, the amd_gpio_remove function in drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-amd.c calls the pinctrl_unregis…
CVE-2018-7480 linux High 7.8 2018-02-25 The blkcg_init_queue function in block/blk-cgroup.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11 allows local users to cause a denia…
CVE-2018-6927 linux High 7.8 2018-02-12 The futex_requeue function in kernel/futex.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.15 might allow attackers to cause a denial…
CVE-2018-1000026 linux High 7.7 2018-02-09 Linux Linux kernel version at least v4.8 onwards, probably well before contains a Insufficient input validation vulnera…
CVE-2018-1000028 linux High 7.4 2018-02-09 Linux kernel version after commit bdcf0a423ea1 - 4.15-rc4+, 4.14.8+, 4.9.76+, 4.4.111+ contains a Incorrect Access Cont…
CVE-2017-18202 linux High 7.0 2018-02-27 The __oom_reap_task_mm function in mm/oom_kill.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.4 mishandles gather operations, which …
CVE-2014-3519 linux Medium 6.5 2018-02-01 The open_by_handle_at function in vzkernel before 042stab090.5 in the OpenVZ modification for the Linux kernel 2.6.32, …
CVE-2017-18204 linux Medium 5.5 2018-02-27 The ocfs2_setattr function in fs/ocfs2/file.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.2 allows local users to cause a denial of…
CVE-2018-7492 linux Medium 5.5 2018-02-26 A NULL pointer dereference was found in the net/rds/rdma.c __rds_rdma_map() function in the Linux kernel before 4.14.7 …
CVE-2017-18200 linux Medium 5.5 2018-02-26 The f2fs implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.14 mishandles reference counts associated with f2fs_wait_discard_b…
CVE-2017-18193 linux Medium 5.5 2018-02-22 fs/f2fs/extent_cache.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13 mishandles extent trees, which allows local users to cause a den…
CVE-2018-7273 linux Medium 5.5 2018-02-21 In the Linux kernel through 4.15.4, the floppy driver reveals the addresses of kernel functions and global variables us…
CVE-2014-8171 linux Medium 5.5 2018-02-09 The memory resource controller (aka memcg) in the Linux kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadloc…
CVE-2017-18203 linux Medium 4.7 2018-02-27 The dm_get_from_kobject function in drivers/md/dm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.3 allow local users to cause a deni…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in February 2018?

14 Linux kernel CVEs were published in February 2018, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 1 was rated Critical severity, 5 High, and 8 Medium.

How does February 2018 compare to other months?

February 2018's 14 CVEs represent 8% of all 2018 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to January's 18 CVEs, this was a 22% decrease month-over-month. View the full 2018 breakdown →

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