CVE-2018-1130

kernel: a null pointer dereference in net/dccp/output.c:dccp_write_xmit() leads to a system crash

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · March 7, 2018

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

A null pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit() function in net/dccp/output.c in the Linux kernel allows a local user to cause a denial of service by a number of certain crafted system calls.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference