Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 14, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-15127
CVE-2017-15127
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).
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Affected products
2- Range: <4.13
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References
7- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5af10dfd0afc559bb4b0f7e3e8227a1578333995nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15127nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102517nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062nvd
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