CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-18202
7.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-02-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
The __oom_reap_task_mm function in mm/oom_kill.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.4 mishandles gather operations, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (TLB entry leak or use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a copy_to_user call within a certain time window.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.6 < 4.9.68)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.10 < 4.14.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=687cb0884a714ff484d038e9190edc874edcf146 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103161 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2772 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/687cb0884a714ff484d038e9190edc874edcf146 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.4 Vendor Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=687cb0884a714ff484d038e9190edc874edcf146 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103161 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2772 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/687cb0884a714ff484d038e9190edc874edcf146 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.4 Vendor Advisory