CVE-2018-9415
kernel: race condition in the ARM Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (AMBA) driver
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · July 2, 2018
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A race condition existed in the ARM Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (AMBA) driver that could result in a double free. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out, although we believe it is unlikely.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 6.1CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption