CVE-2017-18208
Linux MADVISE_WILLNEED Denial of Service
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
March 1, 2018, 5:29 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 3:19 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM | [email protected] | ||||
| CVSS 3.0 | MEDIUM | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update the affected kernel packages.
- Update the affected packages.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2017-18208.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-18208 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-18208
weaknesses.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2017-18208 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2017-18208 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6ea8d958a2c95a1d514015d4e29ba21a8c0a1a91 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3967 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4057 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4058 Added Reference https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ea8d958a2c95a1d514015d4e29ba21a8c0a1a91 Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/ Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/ Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3653-1/ Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3653-2/ Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1/ Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-2/ Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3657-1/ Added Reference https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.4 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4058 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4057 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 26, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3967 [No Types Assigned] -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-399 CWE-835 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 31, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 31, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 24, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3657-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 23, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-2/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3653-2/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3653-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 07, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 06, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 23, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.4 No Types Assigned https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.4 Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6ea8d958a2c95a1d514015d4e29ba21a8c0a1a91 No Types Assigned http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6ea8d958a2c95a1d514015d4e29ba21a8c0a1a91 Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ea8d958a2c95a1d514015d4e29ba21a8c0a1a91 No Types Assigned https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ea8d958a2c95a1d514015d4e29ba21a8c0a1a91 Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-399 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.14.4
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5.5
Base CVSS Score: 4.9
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.05 }} -0.00%
score
0.14839
percentile