CVE-2017-18203

MediumCVSS 4.7/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 4.7/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Feb 27, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-18203: Medium severity, CVSS 4.7 | Vulnix