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…

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).

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.38% · top 68% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.

Weakness

• CWE-460 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-460 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Linux kernel before 4.13

  • affected Linux kernel before 4.13

References (7)

• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5af10dfd0afc559bb4b0f7e3e8227a1578333995 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• RHSA-2018:1062 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1525218 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• RHSA-2018:0676 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5af10dfd0afc559bb4b0f7e3e8227a1578333995 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15127 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 102517 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 5 Aug 2024, 19:50 UTC.