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.
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Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01807}

epss

{'score': 0.02818}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:39:59.702Z

Reserved: 2018-09-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-17182

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-09-19T09:29:00.620

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:54:02.213

Link: CVE-2018-17182

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2018-09-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-17182 - Bugzilla

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