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SUSE-SU-2018:3032-2 Not scored

Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 LTSS kernel was updated to receive a security fix. The following security bug was fixed: - CVE-2018-17182: The vmacache_flush_all function in mm/vmacache.c mishandled 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 (bnc#1108399).

Exploit probability Not scored
Published March 22, 2019
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 kernel-default
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 kernel-source
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 kernel-syms
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 kernel-xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_32

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2018:3032-2

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 LTSS kernel was updated to receive a security fix. The following security bug was fixed: - CVE-2018-17182: The vmacache_flush_all function in mm/vmacache.c mishandled 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 (bnc#1108399).

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05 / REFERENCES

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