CVE-2017-18208

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6ea8d958a2c95a1d514015d4e29ba21a8c0a1a91
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
• https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.4
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3653-2/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-2/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3653-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3657-1/
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ea8d958a2c95a1d514015d4e29ba21a8c0a1a91
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3967
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4058
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4057

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6ea8d958a2c95a1d514015d4e29ba21a8c0a1a91
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
• https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.4
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3653-2/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-2/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3653-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3657-1/
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ea8d958a2c95a1d514015d4e29ba21a8c0a1a91
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3967
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4058
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4057

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