CVE-2017-18203

CVE Details

Release Date:	2018-02-27
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

The dm_get_from_kobject function in drivers/md/dm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.3 allow local users to cause a denial of service (BUG) by leveraging a race condition with __dm_destroy during creation and removal of DM devices.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	4.7
Vector String:	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Version:	3.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	Low
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4742	2019-08-10
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.22.1.el6uek)	ELSA-2018-4164	2018-07-10
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2018-1854	2018-06-25
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2018-4114	2018-05-22
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2018-4164	2018-07-10
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4742	2019-08-10
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.22.1.el7uek)	ELSA-2018-4164	2018-07-10
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2018-1062	2018-04-16
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2018-4114	2018-05-22
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2018-4164	2018-07-10
Oracle VM version 3.3 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2018-0237	2018-07-10
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2018-0223	2018-05-23