Vulnerability CVE-2017-18203
Published: 2018-02-27

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.

Type:

CWE-362

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
1.9/10
2.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Linux -> Linux kernel 

 References:
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b9a41d21dceadf8104812626ef85dc56ee8a60ed
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103184
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b9a41d21dceadf8104812626ef85dc56ee8a60ed
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3653-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3653-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3657-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.3
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