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CVE-2017-18208

CVSS v3.0 5.5 (Medium)
55% Progress
CVSS v2.0 4.9 (Medium)
49% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (11th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 19
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-835
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2018-03-01 05:29:00
(6 years ago)
Updated Date
2019-10-03 00:03:26
(5 years ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel prior 4.14.4 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel < 4.14.4