CVE-2017-18202
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18202
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-18202.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-18202
- Downstream
- Published
- 2018-02-27T06:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:29Z
- Severity
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- 7.0 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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 copyto_user call within a certain time window.
- References
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- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=687cb0884a714ff484d038e9190edc874edcf146
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103161
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2772
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/687cb0884a714ff484d038e9190edc874edcf146
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.4