K40048447: Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2017-18202

Security Advisory Description The oomreaptaskmm function in mm/oomkill.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 copytouser call...

SUSE CVE-2017-18202

The oomreaptaskmm function in mm/oomkill.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 copytouser call within a certain time window...

PT-2016-5021 · Linux +5 · Linux Kernel +5

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 4.5.2 Description: The issue allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading packet data. This is due to the incorrect enabling of scatter/gather I/O in the atl2 probe...