CVE-2017-18208 | BDVDB-2026-97279 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6ea8d958a2c95a1d514015d4e29ba21a8c0a1a91
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.4
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3653-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3653-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3657-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ea8d958a2c95a1d514015d4e29ba21a8c0a1a91
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3967
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4058
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.