CVE-2018-17182
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 19, 2018
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 19, 2018
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.18.8. The vmacache_flush_all function in mm/vmacache.c mishandles sequence number overflows. An attacker can trigger a use-after-free (and possibly gain privileges) via certain thread creation, map, unmap, invalidation, and dereference operations.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- USN-3776-1vendor-advisory
- USN-3776-2vendor-advisory
- USN-3777-1vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20181003 [SECURITY] [DLA 1531-1] linux-4.9 security updatemailing-list
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0001/
- RHSA-2018:3656vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7a9cdebdcc17e426fb5287e4a82db1dfe86339b2
- DSA-4308vendor-advisory
- 105417vdb-entry
- 45497exploit
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/09/18/4
- 1041748vdb-entry
- USN-3777-2vendor-advisory
- 106503vdb-entry
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7a9cdebdcc17e426fb5287e4a82db1dfe86339b2
- USN-3777-3vendor-advisory
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