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Debian: CVE-2017-18208: linux -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Mar 1, 2018
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

debian-upgrade-linux
Title
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