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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 20, 2018· Updated Aug 5, 2024

CVE-2018-1120

CVE-2018-1120

Description

A flaw was found affecting the Linux kernel before version 4.17. By mmap()ing a FUSE-backed file onto a process's memory containing command line arguments (or environment strings), an attacker can cause utilities from psutils or procps (such as ps, w) or any other program which makes a read() call to the /proc//cmdline (or /proc//environ) files to block indefinitely (denial of service) or for some controlled time (as a synchronization primitive for other attacks).

Affected products

57

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

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