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CVE-2017-18221 json

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 ac…

published 2018-03-07 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-9353

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 4.11.4
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.11.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18221

  • linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-87.110
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1026.35
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.13.0-1002.5
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1022.22
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.13.0-32.35~16.04.1
  • linux-raspi2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1065.73
  • linux-lts-xenial Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.4.0-87.110~14.04.1
  • linux-snapdragon Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1067.72

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18221

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-ec2 SLE Module for Public Cloud 12 3.12.74-60.64.85.1
  • kernel-xen SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1-LTSS, OpenStack Cloud 6 3.12.74-60.64.85.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1-LTSS, OpenStack Cloud 6 3.12.74-60.64.85.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1-LTSS, OpenStack Cloud 6 3.12.74-60.64.85.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1-LTSS, OpenStack Cloud 6 3.12.74-60.64.85.1
  • kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_26 SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1-LTSS, OpenStack Cloud 6 1-2.3.1
  • kernel-ec2 SLE Module for Public Cloud 12 3.12.61-52.125.1
  • kernel-xen SLES 12-LTSS 3.12.61-52.125.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:0848-1SUSE-SU-2018:0834-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-18221 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: Race condition in __munlock_pagevec function in mm/mlock.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, kernel-alt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-tools, +3 more
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-core, kernel-tools, python3-perf, +17 more Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
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References

Sources

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