#VU10921 Memory corruption in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-18221
Published: March 12, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10921
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18221
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the __munlock_pagevec function due to boundary error when handling malicious input. A local attacker can execute specially crafted mlockall and munlockall system calls that submit malicious input, corrupt NR_MLOCK accounting and cause the system to crash.
The weakness exists in the __munlock_pagevec function due to boundary error when handling malicious input. A local attacker can execute specially crafted mlockall and munlockall system calls that submit malicious input, corrupt NR_MLOCK accounting and cause the system to crash.
Remediation
Update to version 4.11.4.