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CVE-2017-18208

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
5.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.05

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems (USN-3548-2) linux-image-gke_4.13.0.1017.19_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3581-1) linux-image-lowlatency_4.13.0.43.46_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems (USN-3581-2) linux-image-gcp_4.13.0.1017.19_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems (USN-3617-2) linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04_4.13.0.43.62_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems (USN-3617-2) linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04_4.13.0.43.62_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems (USN-3617-2) linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04_4.13.0.43.62_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems (USN-3617-2) linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04_4.13.0.43.62_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3653-1) linux-image-generic_4.13.0.43.46_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3653-1) linux-image-generic_4.13.0.43.46_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3653-1) linux-image-lowlatency_4.13.0.43.46_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3653-1) linux-image-4.13.0-43-generic_4.13.0-43.48_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3653-1) linux-image-4.13.0-43-generic_4.13.0-43.48_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3653-1) linux-image-4.13.0-43-lowlatency_4.13.0-43.48_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3653-1) linux-image-4.13.0-43-lowlatency_4.13.0-43.48_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems (USN-3653-2) linux-image-oem_4.13.0.1028.33_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems (USN-3653-2) linux-image-azure_4.13.0.1018.19_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems (USN-3653-2) linux-image-4.13.0-1017-gcp_4.13.0-1017.21_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems (USN-3653-2) linux-image-4.13.0-1028-oem_4.13.0-1028.31_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems (USN-3653-2) linux-image-4.13.0-1018-azure_4.13.0-1018.21_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems (USN-3653-2) linux-image-4.13.0-43-generic_4.13.0-43.48~16.04.1_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems (USN-3653-2) linux-image-4.13.0-43-generic_4.13.0-43.48~16.04.1_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems (USN-3653-2) linux-image-4.13.0-43-lowlatency_4.13.0-43.48~16.04.1_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems (USN-3653-2) linux-image-4.13.0-43-lowlatency_4.13.0-43.48~16.04.1_amd64.debLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234