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2018-01-14
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).
Products | Linux_kernel, Enterprise_linux, Enterprise_mrg |
Type | Improper Cleanup on Thrown Exception (CWE-460) |
First patch |
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5af10dfd0afc559bb4b0f7e3e8227a1578333995 |
Patches | http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5af10dfd0afc559bb4b0f7e3e8227a1578333995 |
Relevant file/s | ./mm/hugetlb.c (modified, +1, -1) |
Links |
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102517 • https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062 • https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15127 • https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1525218 |
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