CVE-2017-15127

kernel: Improper error handling of VM_SHARED hugetlbfs mapping in mm/hugetlb.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.7

CVSS 3.0

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Published · December 8, 2017

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-460 · Improper Cleanup on Thrown Exception