5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Linux kernel is vulnerable to denial of service(DoS) attacks. An attacker could exploit a flaw in the hugetlb_mcopy_atomic_pte
function in mm/hugetlb.c
. This occurs when freeing pages in hugetlbfs. An attacker could trigger a local denial of service by crashing the kernel.
git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5af10dfd0afc559bb4b0f7e3e8227a1578333995
www.securityfocus.com/bid/102517
access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/7.5_Release_Notes/index.html
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13305
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15127
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15274
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1292927
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1401061
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1430418
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1448770
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1452589
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1462329
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500894
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1503749
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1506255
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1507270
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509264
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1518274
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1518638
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1525218
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5af10dfd0afc559bb4b0f7e3e8227a1578333995
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C