CVE-2018-1000200
The Linux Kernel versions 4.14, 4.15, and 4.16 has a null pointer dereference which can result in an out of memory (OOM) killing of large mlocked processes. The issue arises from an oom killed
02 Description
The Linux Kernel versions 4.14, 4.15, and 4.16 has a null pointer dereference which can result in an out of memory (OOM) killing of large mlocked processes. The issue arises from an oom killed
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 39.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-06-05 13:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 12:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-04-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 99e2bf51dd5f4f6a305b72c8afe14422cc2639b630aec45112fceab65201164d
05 Affected products
06 References
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3752-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-2/
- git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=27ae357fa82be5ab73b2ef8d39dcb8ca2563483a
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3752-3https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-3/
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-1000200
- marc.info[linux-kernel] 20180424 [patch v3 for-4.17] mm, oom: fix concurrent munlock and oom reaper unmaphttps://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=152460926619256
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2948https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948
- www.securityfocus.com104397http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104397
- marc.info[linux-kernel] 20180417 [patch] mm, oom: fix concurrent munlock and oom reaper unmaphttps://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=152400522806945
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3752-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-1/
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20180424 CVE-2018-1000200 (Linux): Bad memory access on oom kill of large mlocked processhttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/67
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 4.16.12-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 4.16.12-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 4.16.12-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- linux-azure Fixed in 4.15.0-1022.22~16.04.1
- linux-gcp Fixed in 4.15.0-1018.19~16.04.2
- linux-hwe Fixed in 4.15.0-33.36~16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 4.15.0-33.36
- linux-aws Fixed in 4.15.0-1020.20
- linux-azure Fixed in 4.15.0-1022.23
- linux-gcp Fixed in 4.15.0-1018.19
- linux-kvm Fixed in 4.15.0-1020.20
- linux-oem Fixed in 4.15.0-1017.20
- linux-raspi2 Fixed in 4.15.0-1021.23
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.