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HistoryOct 15, 2018 - 12:00 a.m.

K54436295 : Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2018-17182

2018-10-1500:00:00
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7.8 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

44.2%

Security Advisory 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. (CVE-2018-17182)

Impact

There is no impact; F5 products are not affected by this vulnerability.