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CVE-2018-5344
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-01-12T09:29:00.540 · Last modified 2026-06-17T02:00:09.953

Summary

In the Linux kernel through 4.14.13, drivers/block/loop.c mishandles lo_release serialization, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (__lock_acquire use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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