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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 1, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-18208

CVE-2017-18208

Description

The madvise_willneed function in mm/madvise.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by triggering use of MADVISE_WILLNEED for a DAX mapping.

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