SUSE-SU-2018:3032-1

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    SUSE-SU-2018:3032-1

    Published: 5 Oct 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-17182

    Summary: Security update for the Linux Kernel

    Details: The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 LTSS kernel was updated to receive a security fix. The following security bug was fixed: - CVE-2018-17182: The vmacache_flush_all function in mm/vmacache.c mishandled 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 (bnc#1108399).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20183032-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108399, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17182

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kernel-ec2

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-ec2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2012

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.12.74-60.64.107.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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