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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-7740): Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-7740): Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
03/07/2018
Created
04/22/2019
Added
04/01/2019
Modified
03/09/2021

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1039-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1041-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1077-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1104-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1108-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-143-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-143-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-143-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-143-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-143-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-143-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-143-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial

References

  • USN-3752-1
  • USN-3752-2
  • USN-3752-3
  • USN-3901-1
  • USN-3901-2
  • USN-3903-1
  • USN-3903-2
  • USN-3908-1
  • USN-3908-2
  • USN-3910-1
  • USN-3910-2
  • USN-3934-1
  • USN-3934-2
  • USN-4115-1
  • USN-4118-1
  • DSA-4187
  • DSA-4188
  • CVE-2018-7740
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