CVE-2017-18208

kernel: Inifinite loop vulnerability in mm/madvise.c:madvise_willneed() function allows local denial of service

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · November 30, 2017

Updated · November 2, 2026

Description

The madvise_willneed function in the Linux kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by triggering use of MADVISE_WILLNEED for a DAX mapping.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition