CVE-2017-18221 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The __munlock_pagevec function in mm/mlock.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NR_MLOCK accounting corruption) via crafted use of mlockall and munlockall system calls.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00028.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=70feee0e1ef331b22cc51f383d532a0d043fbdcc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103321
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/70feee0e1ef331b22cc51f383d532a0d043fbdcc
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18221
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-2/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18221
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.11.4

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-03-07T08:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:13:49.211Z

Reserved: 2018-03-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-18221

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-03-07T08:29:00.263

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:19:36.310

Link: CVE-2017-18221

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-03-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-18221 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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