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CVE-2018-13053

kernel: Integer overflow in the alarm_timer_nsleep function

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · June 27, 2018

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the alarm_timer_nsleep() function in kernel/time/alarmtimer.c in the Linux kernel. The ktime_add_safe() function is not used and an integer overflow can happen causing an alarm not to fire or possibly a denial-of-service if using a large relative timeout.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound