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CVE-2017-18208

CVE-2017-18208

EPSS 0.5%
The madvise_willneed function in mm/madvise.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by triggering use of MADVISE_WILLNEED for a DAX mapping.
Affected products
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References
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6ea8d958a2c95a1d514015d4e29ba21a8c0a1a91https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3967https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4057https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4058https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ea8d958a2c95a1d514015d4e29ba21a8c0a1a91https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3653-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3653-2/