Security readout for executives and security teams
This Linux kernel flaw can let a user or process with CAP_NET_ADMIN crash the system by sending an incomplete wireless Netlink request. The business impact is denial of service, not documented data theft or remote takeover. Exposure is mainly older Linux systems where that capability is granted beyond highly trusted administrators. Likely exposure is limited to Linux kernels from v3.1-rc1 through 4.13.3, especially systems where users, services, or delegated workloads can issue Netlink requests with CAP_NET_ADMIN. Systems running maintained distribution kernels may already have backported fixes, so version checks alone may be incomplete. Treat as a focused availability risk. It is not sourced as remotely exploitable, but a crash-capable kernel bug matters on shared, production, or high-availability Linux systems. Patch during normal security maintenance, faster where CAP_NET_ADMIN is delegated broadly. Mitigation focus: Apply the relevant vendor kernel update from your Linux distribution.; Confirm the upstream fix or equivalent backport is present.; Restrict CAP_NET_ADMIN to trusted administrators and required services..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211.git/commit/?id=e785fa0a164aa11001cba931367c7f94ffaff888CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058410CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- USN-3583-2CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- USN-3583-1CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1491046CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://marc.info/?t=150525503100001&r=1&w=2CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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NULL Pointer Dereference
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