The do_get_mempolicy() function in mm/mempolicy.c in the Linux kernel allows local users to hit a use-after-free bug via crafted system calls and thus cause a denial of service (DoS) or possibly have unspecified other impact. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 1 | kernel | 2018-05-25 18:12 | ALAS-2018-1023 |
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | kernel | 2018-04-19 04:50 | ALAS2-2018-994 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |