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Red Hat: CVE-2017-15127: Important: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2017-15127: Important: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
01/14/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/11/2018
Modified
02/14/2023

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).

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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