An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.3. An Integer Overflow in kernel/time/posix-timers.c in the POSIX timer code is caused by the way the overrun accounting works. Depending on interval and expiry time values, the overrun can be larger than INT_MAX, but the accounting is int based. This basically makes the accounting values, which are visible to user space via timer_getoverrun(2) and siginfo::si_overrun, random. For example, a local user can cause a denial of service (signed integer overflow) via crafted mmap, futex, timer_create, and timer_settime system calls.
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Published : 2018-07-02 17:29
Updated : 2024-11-21 03:46
NVD link : CVE-2018-12896
Mitre link : CVE-2018-12896
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-12896
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
debian
- debian_linux
CWE
CWE-190
Integer Overflow or Wraparound