CVE-2018-17182
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17182
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-17182.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-17182
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-09-19T09:29:00.620Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-15T22:25:44.562629Z
- Severity
-
- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.18.8. The vmacacheflushall function in mm/vmacache.c mishandles sequence number overflows. An attacker can trigger a use-after-free (and possibly gain privileges) via certain thread creation, map, unmap, invalidation, and dereference operations.
- References
-
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105417
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106503
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/09/18/4
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3656
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7a9cdebdcc17e426fb5287e4a82db1dfe86339b2
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0001/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041748
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7a9cdebdcc17e426fb5287e4a82db1dfe86339b2
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45497/
Affected packages
Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed7a9cdebdcc17e426fb5287e4a82db1dfe86339b2
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed7a9cdebdcc17e426fb5287e4a82db1dfe86339b2
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
Database specific
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-17182.json"
unresolved_ranges
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