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CVE-2017-15128
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…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.41%
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- redhat
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).
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 64% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
Linux kernel before 4.13.12
- affected Linux kernel before 4.13.12
References (5)
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.12 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15128 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1525222 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1e3921471354244f70fe268586ff94a97a6dd4df (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1e3921471354244f70fe268586ff94a97a6dd4df (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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