{"id":"CVE-2018-8043","details":"The unimac_mdio_probe function in drivers/net/phy/mdio-bcm-unimac.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.8 does not validate certain resource availability, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference).","modified":"2026-03-12T22:56:16.719143Z","published":"2018-03-10T22:29:00.397Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2018:1048-1","SUSE-SU-2018:1173-1","SUSE-SU-2018:1173-2","SUSE-SU-2018:1217-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:10728-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:13704-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3630-1/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3630-2/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3632-1/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040749"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=297a6961ffb8ff4dc66c9fbf53b924bd1dda05d5"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/297a6961ffb8ff4dc66c9fbf53b924bd1dda05d5"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-8043.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.15.8"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"14.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"16.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"17.10"}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}