Linux kernel is vulnerable to denial of service(DoS) attacks. An attacker could exploit a flaw in the drivers/md/dm.c:dm_get_from_kobject()
function which could be caused by local users leveraging a race condition with __dm_destroy()
during creation and removal of DM devices.
git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b9a41d21dceadf8104812626ef85dc56ee8a60ed
www.securityfocus.com/bid/103184
access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/7.5_Release_Notes/index.html
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13305
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15274
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1292927
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1401061
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1430418
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1448770
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1452589
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1462329
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500894
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1503749
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1506255
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1507270
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509264
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1518274
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1518638
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b9a41d21dceadf8104812626ef85dc56ee8a60ed
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html
usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
usn.ubuntu.com/3653-1/
usn.ubuntu.com/3653-2/
usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1/
usn.ubuntu.com/3655-2/
usn.ubuntu.com/3657-1/
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.3