UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18208
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.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6ea8d958a2c95a1d514015d4e29ba21a8c0a1a91
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ea8d958a2c95a1d514015d4e29ba21a8c0a1a91
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18208
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3619-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3619-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3653-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3653-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3655-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3655-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3657-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18208
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.4