vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2018-17182: Important: kernel-alt security and bug fix update (RHSA-2018:3656)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Sep 19, 2018 | Nov 27, 2018 | Mar 3, 2021 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 19, 2018
Added
Nov 27, 2018
Modified
Mar 3, 2021
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.
Solution
redhat-upgrade-kernel
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