CVE-2017-18208

Summary

CVECVE-2017-18208
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-03-01 05:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
mm/madvise.c: fix madvise() infinite loop under special circumstances · torvalds/linux@6ea8d95 · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Vendor Advisory
USN-3619-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-3655-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-3619-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-3655-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
USN-3657-1: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
USN-3653-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-3653-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.4 MISC www.kernel.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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