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Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-18221: ELSA-2019-4315: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-18221: ELSA-2019-4315: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
03/07/2018
Created
05/08/2019
Added
01/04/2019
Modified
07/22/2024

Description

The __munlock_pagevec function in mm/mlock.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NR_MLOCK accounting corruption) via crafted use of mlockall and munlockall system calls. The __munlock_pagevec function in mm/mlock.c in the Linux kernel, before 4.11.4, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NR_MLOCK accounting corruption) via crafted use of mlockall and munlockall system calls.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek

References

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