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CVE-2017-18221

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.46% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-03-07 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

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CVE
CVE-2017-18221
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.46%
Linux

Original NVD Description

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.

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