5.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2018-7740

Published: 07/03/2018 Updated: 18/03/2019
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 436
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

The resv_map_release function in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel up to and including 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.

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debian debian linux 8.0

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canonical ubuntu linux 16.04

redhat enterprise linux server 7.0

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redhat virtualization host 4.0

debian debian linux 7.0

debian debian linux 9.0

Vendor Advisories

Synopsis Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring S ...
Synopsis Important: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Sco ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks CVE-2015-9016 Ming Lei reported a race condition in the multiqueue block layer (blk-mq) On a system with a driver using blk-mq (mtip32xx, null_blk, or virtio_blk), a local user might be able ...
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks CVE-2017-5715 Multiple researchers have discovered a vulnerability in various processors supporting speculative execution, enabling an attacker controlling an unprivileged process to read mem ...
The resv_map_release function in mm/hugetlbc in the Linux kernel, through 4157, 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 ...

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