CWE Code: 416
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.2
CWE Name:  Use After Free
Summary: an issue was discovered in the linux kernel through 4.18.8. the vmacache_flush_all function in mm/vmacache.c mishandles sequence number overflows. an attacker can trigger a use-after-free (and possibly gain privileges) via certain thread creation, map, unmap, invalidation, and dereference operations.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2018-09-19
Last Modified Date: 2019-03-05