CVE-2018-17182 (GCVE-0-2018-17182)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-19 09:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:39
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
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Assigner
References
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2019020… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3656 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7a9cdebd… x_refsource_MISC
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105417 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45497/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041748 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106503 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torva… x_refsource_MISC
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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