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2018-03-07
The __munlock_pagevec function in mm/mlock.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NR_MLOCK accounting corruption) via crafted use of mlockall and munlockall system calls.
| Products | Linux_kernel |
| Type | Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) |
| First patch |
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/70feee0e1ef331b22cc51f383d532a0d043fbdcc |
| Relevant file/s | ./mm/mlock.c (modified, +3, -2) |
| Links |
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=70feee0e1ef331b22cc51f383d532a0d043fbdcc
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-2/ • https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1/ • http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103321 • https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.11.4 |
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