CVE-2018-16885
De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans le noyau Linux de Red Hat. Certaines d'entre elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer une exécution de code arbitraire, une élévation de privilèges et une atteinte à la confidentialité des données.
No public exploitation has been reported so far. A fixed version is available (see the table below).
Recommended action: Update to the fixed version listed for your distribution using the native package manager.
Severity metrics
CVSS 3.0 : 4.7 MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 : 4.9 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Key points
- CVE : CVE-2018-16885, CVE-2025-40240, CVE-2026-23097, CVE-2026-23139...
Affected & fixed versions by distribution
Versions are the native distribution strings (backport-aware): RHEL/Debian/SUSE backport fixes, so compare with the distro version comparator (dpkg / rpm / vercmp), not the upstream version.
| Distribution | Package | Affected | Fixed version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:11 | linux | - | 3.16.2-1 | fixed |
| Debian:12 | linux | - | 3.16.2-1 | fixed |
| Debian:13 | linux | - | 3.16.2-1 | fixed |
| Debian:14 | linux | - | 3.16.2-1 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | kernel | - | 0:3.10.0-1062.el7 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | kernel | - | 0:3.10.0-1062.el7 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | kernel | - | 0:3.10.0-1062.el7 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | kernel | - | 0:3.10.0-1062.el7 | fixed |