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CVE-2017-18208

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Description

The madvise_willneed function in mm/madvise.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by triggering use of MADVISE_WILLNEED for a DAX mapping.

References

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.4

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3657-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3653-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3653-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ea8d958a2c95a1d514015d4e29ba21a8c0a1a91

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4058

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4057

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3967

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6ea8d958a2c95a1d514015d4e29ba21a8c0a1a91

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-03-01

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0006

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