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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-7740) ELSA-2018-3083: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-7740) ELSA-2018-3083: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
03/07/2018
Created
05/08/2019
Added
11/06/2018
Modified
11/23/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

  • ELSA-2018-3083
  • USN-3910-1
  • USN-3910-2
  • DSA-4187
  • DSA-4188
  • CVE-2018-7740

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