CVE-2017-15128 Denial of service in Linux kernel before 4.13.12

What is CVE-2017-15128?

CVE-2017-15128 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 14 Jan 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A flaw was found in the hugetlb_mcopy_atomic_pte function in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.12. A lack of size check could cause a denial of service (BUG).

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15128?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Linux kernel, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Mrg.

How do I fix CVE-2017-15128?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2017-15128 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15128 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15128, GHSA-78vc-rw83-8p6r, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15128.