| Name | CVE-2018-7480 |
| Description | The blkcg_init_queue function in block/blk-cgroup.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (double free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a creation failure. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-4188-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | buster | 4.19.249-2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 4.19.282-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 5.10.178-3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.179-1 | fixed |
| bookworm, sid | 6.1.27-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| linux | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| linux | source | stretch | 4.9.88-1 | | DSA-4188-1 | |
| linux | source | (unstable) | 4.11.6-1 | | | |
Notes
[jessie] - linux <not-affected> (Issue introduced later)
[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Issue introduced later)
Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/9b54d816e00425c3a517514e0d677bb3cec49258