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CVE-2017-18208

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.5%

Medium (5.5) in linux linux kernel. EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 40% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-835
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

References

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