CVE-2018-5814

kernel: Race condition errors in USB over IP functionality can cause denial of service

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · May 15, 2018

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

Multiple race condition errors when handling probe, disconnect, and rebind operations can be exploited to trigger a use-after-free condition or a NULL pointer dereference by sending multiple USB over IP packets. Successful exploitation requires USB over IP daemon (usbipd) to be running.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')