The Linux Kernel versions 4.14, 4.15, and 4.16 has a null pointer dereference which can result in an out of memory (OOM) killing of large mlocked processes. The issue arises from an oom killed process's final thread calling exit_mmap(), which calls munlock_vma_pages_all() for mlocked vmas.This can happen synchronously with the oom reaper's unmap_page_range() since the vma's VM_LOCKED bit is cleared before munlocking (to determine if any other vmas share the memory and are mlocked).
References
Link | Resource |
---|---|
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=27ae357fa82be5ab73b2ef8d39dcb8ca2563483a | Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-1000200 | Third Party Advisory |
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/67 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=152460926619256 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=152400522806945 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104397 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-2/ | |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-1/ | |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-3/ | |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948 |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
|
Information
Published : 2018-06-05 06:29
Updated : 2018-10-31 03:30
NVD link : CVE-2018-1000200
Mitre link : CVE-2018-1000200
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel