CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-18208

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2018-03-01 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-03-01
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-835

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.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 4.14.4)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness

References