FKIE_CVE-2017-18208
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-03-01 05:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:12
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * |
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