CVE-2017-15127
N/A
Published: January 14, 2018 at 06:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:07 AM UTC
4 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelEnterprise LinuxEnterprise Mrg
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
A flaw was found in the hugetlb_mcopy_atomic_pte function in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13. A superfluous implicit page unlock for VM_SHARED hugetlbfs mapping could trigger a local denial of service (BUG).
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 4.13
Affected range stops below 4.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (7)
x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5af10dfd0afc559bb4b0f7e3e8227a1578333995Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15127x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1525218x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5af10dfd0afc559bb4b0f7e3e8227a1578333995Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-460NVD-CWE-noinfo
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