CVE-2018-7740 Information

Description

The resv_map_release function in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG) via a crafted application that makes mmap system calls and has a large pgoff argument to the remap_file_pages system call.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103316 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096 https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199037 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/3910-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3910-2/ https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187 https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188

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