UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18202

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18202

    Published: 27 Feb 2018Last Modified: 8 Sept 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-18202

    Summary:

    Details: The __oom_reap_task_mm function in mm/oom_kill.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.4 mishandles gather operations, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (TLB entry leak or use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a copy_to_user call within a certain time window.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18202, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=687cb0884a714ff484d038e9190edc874edcf146, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/687cb0884a714ff484d038e9190edc874edcf146, https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.4, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18202

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-azure

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~16.04.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.15.0-1013.13~16.04.2

    Affected versions

    4.11.0-1009.9
    4.11.0-1011.11
    4.11.0-1013.13
    4.11.0-1014.14
    4.11.0-1015.15
    4.11.0-1016.16

    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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