Security Advisory
CVE-2018-17182
7.8
HIGH
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
September 19, 2018
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory