Upstream information
Description
The Linux kernel 4.14.67 mishandles certain interaction among XFRM Netlink messages, IPPROTO_AH packets, and IPPROTO_IP packets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and system hang) by leveraging root access to execute crafted applications, as demonstrated on CentOS 7.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 4.9 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
| National Vulnerability Database | SUSE | |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low |
| Privileges Required | High | High |
| User Interaction | None | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | None | None |
| Integrity Impact | None | None |
| Availability Impact | High | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3 | 3.1 |
Note from the SUSE Security Team on the kernel-default package
SUSE will no longer fix all CVEs in the Linux Kernel anymore, but declare some bug classes as won't fix. Please refer to TID 21496 for more details. SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1111609 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX] No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP1 | kernel-default | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP2 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3 | kernel-default | Unsupported |
| SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3 | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE CaaS Platform Toolchain 3 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | kernel-default | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 | kernel-default | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | kernel-default | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS | kernel-default | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 | kernel-default | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | kernel-default | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 | kernel-default | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 | kernel-default | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | kernel-default | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS | kernel-default | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS | kernel-default | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL | kernel-default | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS | kernel-default | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | kernel-default | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | kernel-default | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | kernel-default | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS | kernel-default | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | kernel-default | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | kernel-default | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | kernel-default | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | kernel-default | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | kernel-default | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 | kernel-source | Won't fix |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle. | ||
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3-LTS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3-LTS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3-LTS | kernel-source | Not affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Oct 5 19:15:10 2018CVE page last modified: Tue Jun 3 14:07:43 2025