CVE-2017-15127

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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).

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-460

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 14, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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