CVE-2018-18281

Since Linux kernel version 3.2, the mremap() syscall performs TLB flushes after dropping pagetable locks. If a syscall such as ftruncate() removes entries from the pagetables of a task that is in the middle of mremap(), a stale TLB entry can remain for a short time that permits access to a physical page after it has been released back to the page allocator and reused. This is fixed in the following kernel versions: 4.9.135, 4.14.78, 4.18.16, 4.19.

• CVE ID
• CVE-2018-18281

• Assigner
• cve@mitre.org

• Vulnerability Status
• Modified

• Published Version
• 2018-10-30T18:29:00

• Last Modified Date
• 2020-08-24T17:37:01

• Version
• 2.0

• Vector String
• AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

• Access Vector
• LOCAL

• Access Compatibility
• LOW

• Authentication
• NONE

• Confidentiality Impact
• PARTIAL

• Integrity Impact
• PARTIAL

• Availability Impact
• PARTIAL

• Base Score
• 4.6

• Severity
• MEDIUM

• Exploitability Score
• 3.9

• Impact Score
• 6.4

• Version
• 3.0

• Vector String
• CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack Vector
• LOCAL

• Attack Compatibility
• LOW

• Privileges Required
• LOW

• User Interaction
• NONE

• Scope
• UNCHANGED

• Confidentiality Impact
• HIGH

• Availability Impact
• HIGH

• Base Score
• 7.8

• Base Severity
• HIGH

• Exploitability Score
• 1.8

• Impact Score
• 5.9