CVE-2018-7740

Medium

Description

The resv_map_release function in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG) via a crafted application that makes mmap system calls and has a large pgoff argument to the remap_file_pages system call.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMar 7, 2018
First seenMar 7, 2018

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv ≤ 4.15.7—
redhat virtualization_host4.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux14.04, 16.04—
debian debian_linux7.0, 8.0, 9.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_server7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation7.0—

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