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CVE-2017-18202

Published: Feb 27, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The __oom_reap_task_mm function in mm/oom_kill.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 copy_to_user call within a certain time window.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=687cb0884a714ff484d038e9190edc874edcf146

x_refsource_MISC

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/687cb0884a714ff484d038e9190edc874edcf146

x_refsource_MISC

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.4

x_refsource_MISC

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

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