CVE-2017-15128

MEDIUM

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).

References

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

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2018-01-14

Updated: 2019-10-09

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Impact Score: 6.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 5.5

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

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Severity: MEDIUM