Description
Go-Ethereum 1.10.9 nodes crash (denial of service) after receiving a serial of messages and cannot be recovered. They will crash with "runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference" and arise a SEGV signal.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | golang-goleveldb | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | golang-goleveldb | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | golang-goleveldb | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | golang-goleveldb | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | golang-goleveldb | No fix yet | — |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | golang-goleveldb | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | golang-goleveldb | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | golang-goleveldb | No fix yet | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum | <= 1.10.9 | — | GHSA-5m8f-chrv-7rw5 |