ghsa-v788-jmxr-wgj9
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 01:28
Modified
2022-05-14 01:28
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

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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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-17182"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-416"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-09-19T09:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-v788-jmxr-wgj9",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T01:28:51Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T01:28:51Z",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7a9cdebdcc17e426fb5287e4a82db1dfe86339b2"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3656"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0001"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308"
    },
    {
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      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45497"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/09/18/4"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105417"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106503"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041748"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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