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CVSSv2

CVE-2017-18208

Published: 01/03/2018 Updated: 03/10/2019
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 437
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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Vulnerability Summary

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

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Red Hat: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Synopsis Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring S ...
Red Hat: Important: kernel security and bug fix update
Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 74 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 74 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 74 Update Services ...
Red Hat: Important: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Synopsis Important: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Sco ...
Red Hat: Important: kernel security and bug fix update
Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 75 Extended Update SupportRed Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerabili ...
Red Hat: Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update
Synopsis Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVS ...
Red Hat: Important: kernel-alt security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Synopsis Important: kernel-alt security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel-alt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability S ...
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Ubuntu Security Notice: linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities
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Ubuntu Security Notice: linux vulnerabilities
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Ubuntu Security Notice: linux vulnerabilities
Several security issues were addressed in the Linux kernel ...
Red Hat: CVE-2017-18208
The madvise_willneed function in the Linux kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by triggering use of MADVISE_WILLNEED for a DAX mapping ...

References

CWE-835https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.4https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ea8d958a2c95a1d514015d4e29ba21a8c0a1a91http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6ea8d958a2c95a1d514015d4e29ba21a8c0a1a91https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-2/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3653-2/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3653-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3657-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1/https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3967https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4058https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4057https://nvd.nist.govhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083https://usn.ubuntu.com/3657-1/
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