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F5 Networks: K40540405: Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2018-10675

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F5 Networks: K40540405: Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2018-10675

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/02/2018
Created
12/30/2020
Added
12/24/2020
Modified
02/18/2022

Description

The do_get_mempolicy function in mm/mempolicy.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

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