CVE-2017-18208

2018-03-0100:00:00

ubuntu.com

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

4.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.3%

JSON

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.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu17.10noarchlinux< 4.13.0-43.48UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux< 3.13.0-149.199UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchlinux< 4.4.0-119.143UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux-aws< 4.4.0-1016.16UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchlinux-aws< 4.4.0-1054.63UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchlinux-azure< 4.13.0-1018.21UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchlinux-gcp< 4.13.0-1017.21UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchlinux-hwe< 4.13.0-43.48~16.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu18.04noarchlinux-hwe-edge< 4.18.0-8.9~18.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchlinux-hwe-edge< 4.13.0-43.48~16.04.1UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	17.10	noarch	linux	< 4.13.0-43.48	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux	< 3.13.0-149.199	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	linux	< 4.4.0-119.143	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux-aws	< 4.4.0-1016.16	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	linux-aws	< 4.4.0-1054.63	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	linux-azure	< 4.13.0-1018.21	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	linux-gcp	< 4.13.0-1017.21	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	linux-hwe	< 4.13.0-43.48~16.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	linux-hwe-edge	< 4.18.0-8.9~18.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	linux-hwe-edge	< 4.13.0-43.48~16.04.1	UNKNOWN