7.8
HIGH
CVE-2018-17182
Linux Kernel Use-After-Free Vulnerability in Vmacache Flush Function
Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.18.8. The vmacache_flush_all 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.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 19, 2018, 9:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 24, 2023, 6:33 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-17182 has a 38 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-17182 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Netapp element_software
2 Netapp active_iq_performance_analytics_services
1 Linux linux_kernel
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 5
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-17182.

URL Resource
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7a9cdebdcc17e426fb5287e4a82db1dfe86339b2 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105417 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106503 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041748 Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3656 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7a9cdebdcc17e426fb5287e4a82db1dfe86339b2 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0001/ Patch Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45497/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/09/18/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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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a-roshbaik/Linux-Privilege-Escalation-Exploits

None

C Shell Python Assembly Ruby Makefile Meson

Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 20, 2024, 8:34 p.m. This repo has been linked 91 different CVEs too.
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HaxorSecInfec/autoroot.sh

Auto Root / Privilege Escalation Exploit

autoroot privilege privilege-escalation root

Shell

Updated: 1 month ago
2 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 11, 2024, 9:57 p.m. This repo has been linked 85 different CVEs too.
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twensoo/PersistentThreat

RedTeam link

Updated: 5 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 7, 2023, 2:12 p.m. This repo has been linked 34 different CVEs too.
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IdanBanani/Linux-Kernel-VR-Exploitation

Linux & Android Kernel Vulnerability research and exploitation

exploitation kernel-bypass kernel-exploitation kernel-security linux linux-kernel-hacking pwn vulnerability-research lpe privilege-escalation privilege-escalation-exploits

Updated: 2 weeks ago
26 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : Sept. 28, 2023, 3:15 p.m. This repo has been linked 19 different CVEs too.
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JlSakuya/Linux-Privilege-Escalation-Exploits

Linux privilege escalation exploits collection.

C Shell Python Assembly Ruby Makefile Meson

Updated: 2 weeks ago
88 stars 13 fork 13 watcher
Born at : April 26, 2023, 2:58 p.m. This repo has been linked 91 different CVEs too.
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jedai47/cve-2018-17182

None

Updated: 1 year, 5 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 7, 2023, 10:35 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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CVEDB/awesome-cve-repo

None

Shell

Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago
3 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : March 23, 2023, 4:32 a.m. This repo has been linked 435 different CVEs too.
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CVEDB/top

None

Shell

Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 19, 2023, 1:53 a.m. This repo has been linked 265 different CVEs too.
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ndk06/linux-kernel-exploitation

None

Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago
6 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 25, 2023, 10:40 a.m. This repo has been linked 178 different CVEs too.
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lnick2023/nicenice

None

Updated: 1 year, 8 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 11, 2023, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 1042 different CVEs too.
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nobiusmallyu/kehai

None

Updated: 2 years, 5 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 18, 2022, 2:42 p.m. This repo has been linked 34 different CVEs too.
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GhostTroops/TOP

TOP All bugbounty pentesting CVE-2023- POC Exp RCE example payload Things

bugbounty cve exp exploit payload poc rce vulnerability

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Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago
647 stars 116 fork 116 watcher
Born at : March 19, 2022, 1:54 a.m. This repo has been linked 273 different CVEs too.
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svbjdbk123/-

None

Python

Updated: 2 years, 7 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 3, 2022, 5:46 p.m. This repo has been linked 36 different CVEs too.
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fei9747/LinuxEelvation

None

C Shell Python Ruby Makefile HTML

Updated: 2 years, 10 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 21, 2021, 9:46 a.m. This repo has been linked 56 different CVEs too.
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dk47os3r/hongduiziliao

红队渗透测试|攻防|学习|工具|分析|研究资料汇总

Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago
213 stars 56 fork 56 watcher
Born at : Aug. 30, 2021, 7:18 a.m. This repo has been linked 34 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-17182 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-17182 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.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 24, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.18.8 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.16 up to (excluding) 3.16.58 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.17 up to (excluding) 3.18.123 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.19 up to (excluding) 4.4.157 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.5 up to (excluding) 4.9.128 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.10 up to (excluding) 4.14.71 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.15 up to (excluding) 4.18.9
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 05, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0001/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0001/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106503 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106503 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_performance_analytics_services:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:element_software:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 05, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0001/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 10, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106503 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7a9cdebdcc17e426fb5287e4a82db1dfe86339b2 No Types Assigned http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7a9cdebdcc17e426fb5287e4a82db1dfe86339b2 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041748 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041748 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/09/18/4 No Types Assigned https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/09/18/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45497/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45497/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3656 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3656 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7a9cdebdcc17e426fb5287e4a82db1dfe86339b2 No Types Assigned https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7a9cdebdcc17e426fb5287e4a82db1dfe86339b2 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105417 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105417 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-416
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.18.8
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 27, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3656 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 23, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 04, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 02, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041748 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105417 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 28, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45497/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.18.8. The vmacache_flush_all 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, An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.18.8. The vmacache_flush_all 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.
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-17182 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-2018-17182 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.11 }} 0.02%

score

0.43263

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
: