vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-15127: ELSA-2018-1062: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (IMPORTANT)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Dec 8, 2017
Added
Apr 19, 2018
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

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).
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel when freeing pages in hugetlbfs. This could trigger a local denial of service by crashing the kernel.

Solution

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel
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