VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2018-17182
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability3.21%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-09-19
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-416: Use After Free
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory