Memory corruption in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-15128
Published: January 14, 2018 / Updated: October 10, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92427
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15128
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption error within the hugetlb_mcopy_atomic_pte() function in mm/hugetlb.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-15128
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.12
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1e3921471354244f70fe268586ff94a97a6dd4df
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1525222
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15128
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1e3921471354244f70fe268586ff94a97a6dd4df