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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17182

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17182 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11linux0, 0, 0
Debian:13linux0, 0, 0
Debian:12linux0, 0, 0
Debian:14linux0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Sep 19, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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