Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201718203000
Revision Date:2018-02-27Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-18203 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
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. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Device Mapper component of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-18203
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • The 'linux' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-119.143').
  • OR The 'linux-aws' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1054.63').
  • OR The 'linux-azure' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.13.0-1018.21').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'was needed ESM criteria').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR The 'linux-gcp' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.13.0-1017.21').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'was needed now end-of-life').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'was needed now end-of-life').
  • OR The 'linux-hwe' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.13.0-43.48~16.04.1').
  • OR The 'linux-hwe-edge' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.13.0-43.48~16.04.1').
  • OR The 'linux-kvm' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1020.25').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR The 'linux-oem' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.13.0-1028.31').
  • OR The 'linux-raspi2' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1086.94').
  • OR The 'linux-snapdragon' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1088.93').
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