CVE-2017-15128 Information

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).

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1e3921471354244f70fe268586ff94a97a6dd4df https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15128 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1525222 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1e3921471354244f70fe268586ff94a97a6dd4df https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.12

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5