CVE-2018-15471
kernel: net: xen: Linux netback driver OOB access in hash handling (XSA-270)
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · August 15, 2018
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
A flaw in the netback module allowed frontends to control mapping of requests to request queues. An attacker can change this mapping by requesting invalid mapping requests allowing the (usually privileged) backend to access out-of-bounds memory access for reading and writing.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 8.2CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation