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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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2018-09-19T09:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-05T10:39:59.702Z
Reserved: 2018-09-19T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-17182
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NVD
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2018-09-19T09:29:00.620
Modified: 2023-02-24T18:33:26.187
Link: CVE-2018-17182
Redhat