CVE-2017-15127

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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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).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`3.13.4-1`
sid	Fixed	`3.13.4-1`
forky	Fixed	`3.13.4-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`3.13.4-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`3.13.4-1`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15127

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.