---
title: CVE-2018-8087
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
  desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.
url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8087
---

# CVE-2018-8087

Publication date 13 March 2018

Last updated 4 July 2026

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**5.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8087#impact-score)

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## Description

Memory leak in the hwsim\_new\_radio\_nl function in
drivers/net/wireless/mac80211\_hwsim.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.9
allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by
triggering an out-of-array error case.

### From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that the 802.11 software simulator implementation in the
Linux kernel contained a memory leak when handling certain error
conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of
service (memory exhaustion).

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| linux-aws-fips | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy  FIPS Updates | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal  FIPS | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic  FIPS | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-azure-fips | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy  FIPS Updates | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal  FIPS | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic  FIPS | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-gcp-fips | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy  FIPS Updates | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal  FIPS | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic  FIPS | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux | 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 4.15.0-23.25 |
| 17.10 artful | Fixed 4.13.0-45.50 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 4.4.0-128.154 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| linux-aws | 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 4.15.0-1010.10 |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 4.4.0-1061.70 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 4.4.0-1023.23 |
| linux-aws-5.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-aws-5.4 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-aws-6.8 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-aws-hwe | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-azure | 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 4.15.0-1013.13 |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 4.15.0-1013.13~16.04.2 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| linux-azure-4.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-azure-5.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-azure-5.4 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-azure-6.8 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-azure-edge | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-azure-fde | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-azure-fde-5.15] |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-azure-fde-5.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-bluefield | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-euclid | 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support, was needed |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-fips | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy  FIPS Updates | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal  FIPS | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic  FIPS | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial  FIPS Updates | Fixed 4.4.0-1008.10 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-flo | 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-gcp | 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 4.15.0-1009.9 |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 4.13.0-1019.23 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-gcp-4.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-gcp-5.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-gcp-5.4 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-gcp-6.8 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-gke | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of kernel support |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support, was needed |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-gkeop | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-gkeop-5.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-goldfish | 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-grouper | 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-hwe | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 4.15.0-24.26~16.04.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-hwe-5.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-hwe-5.4 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-hwe-6.8 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-hwe-edge | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 4.13.0-45.50~16.04.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-ibm | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-ibm-5.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-ibm-5.4 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-intel | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-intel-iot-realtime | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy  Real-time | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-intel-iotg | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-intel-iotg-5.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-iot | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-kvm | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 4.15.0-1011.11 |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 4.4.0-1027.32 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-lowlatency | 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-lts-quantal | 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-lts-raring | 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-lts-saucy | 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-lts-trusty | 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-lts-utopic | 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-lts-vivid | 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-lts-wily | 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-lts-xenial | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 4.4.0-128.154~14.04.1 |
| linux-maguro | 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-mako | 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-manta | 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-nvidia | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-nvidia-6.5 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-nvidia-6.8 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-nvidia-lowlatency | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-oem | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 4.15.0-1008.11 |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 4.13.0-1030.33 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-oem-6.11 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-oem-6.8 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-oracle | 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-oracle-5.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-oracle-5.4 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-oracle-6.8 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-raspi | 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-raspi-5.4 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-raspi-realtime | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble  Real-time | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-raspi2 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [replaced by linux-raspi] |
| 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 4.15.0-1012.13 |
| 17.10 artful | Fixed 4.13.0-1022.23 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 4.4.0-1091.99 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-realtime | 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy  Real-time | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-riscv | 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored end of kernel support |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-riscv-5.8] |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-riscv-5.15 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-riscv-6.8 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-snapdragon | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Fixed 4.4.0-1094.99 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 4.4.0-1094.99 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-xilinx-zynqmp | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

---

* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8087#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| linux | * Introduced by   [ff4dd73](https://git.kernel.org/linus/ff4dd73dd2b4806419f8ff65cbce11d5019548d0),   fixed by   [0ddcff4](https://git.kernel.org/linus/0ddcff49b672239dda94d70d0fcf50317a9f4b51) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

5.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | Low |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 5.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8087)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8087)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2018-8087)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-8087)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-3676-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3676-1)
+ Linux kernel vulnerabilities
+ 11 June 2018

+ [USN-3676-2](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3676-2)
+ Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
+ 11 June 2018

+ [USN-3678-4](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3678-4)
+ Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities
+ 15 June 2018

+ [USN-3678-3](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3678-3)
+ Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
+ 12 June 2018

+ [USN-3678-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3678-1)
+ Linux kernel vulnerabilities
+ 12 June 2018

+ [USN-3677-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3677-1)
+ Linux kernel vulnerabilities
+ 11 June 2018

+ [USN-3678-2](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3678-2)
+ Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
+ 12 June 2018

+ [USN-3677-2](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3677-2)
+ Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
+ 12 June 2018

### Other references

* <http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0ddcff49b672239dda94d70d0fcf50317a9f4b51>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8087>
