Description
A flaw was found in the hugetlb_mcopy_atomic_pte function in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.12. A lack of size check could cause a denial of service (BUG).
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.12
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15128
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1525222
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1e3921471354244f70fe268586ff94a97a6dd4df
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1e3921471354244f70fe268586ff94a97a6dd4df
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
13.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (3)
linux/linux_kernel
< 4.13.11
redhat/enterprise_linux
7.0
redhat/enterprise_mrg
2.0
Published
Jan 14, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026