Security Advisory

CVE-2017-18202

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2018-02-27 06:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-05 21:13:49
Assigner mitre
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

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.