CVE-2018-17182

Name
CVE-2018-17182
Description
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.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Mailing List https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/09/18/4
Patch https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7a9cdebdcc17e426fb5287e4a82db1dfe86339b2
Patch http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7a9cdebdcc17e426fb5287e4a82db1dfe86339b2
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45497/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/
Patch http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041748
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105417
Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3656
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106503
Patch https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0001/

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* linux_kernel >= None <= 4.18.8

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status