Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's madvise_willneed Function

CVE-2017-18208 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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.

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