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CVE-2017-15127

Improper Cleanup on Thrown Exception

Published: Jan 14, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
4.7 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15127
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/460.html

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).

Weakness

The product does not clean up its state or incorrectly cleans up its state when an exception is thrown, leading to unexpected state or control flow.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelLinux*4.13 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatkernel-rt-0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatkernel-0:3.10.0-862.el7*
LinuxUbuntuprecise/esm*
LinuxUbuntuupstream*
LinuxUbuntuzesty*
Linux-armadaxpUbuntuupstream*
Linux-awsUbuntuupstream*
Linux-azureUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
Linux-azureUbuntuupstream*
Linux-azureUbuntuxenial*
Linux-euclidUbuntuupstream*
Linux-euclidUbuntuxenial*
Linux-floUbuntutrusty*
Linux-floUbuntuupstream*
Linux-floUbuntuxenial*
Linux-gcpUbuntuupstream*
Linux-gkeUbuntuupstream*
Linux-gkeUbuntuxenial*
Linux-goldfishUbuntutrusty*
Linux-goldfishUbuntuupstream*
Linux-goldfishUbuntuxenial*
Linux-goldfishUbuntuzesty*
Linux-grouperUbuntutrusty*
Linux-grouperUbuntuupstream*
Linux-hweUbuntuupstream*
Linux-hwe-edgeUbuntubionic*
Linux-hwe-edgeUbuntuesm-infra/bionic*
Linux-hwe-edgeUbuntuupstream*
Linux-kvmUbuntuupstream*
Linux-linaro-omapUbuntuupstream*
Linux-linaro-sharedUbuntuupstream*
Linux-linaro-vexpressUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-quantalUbuntuprecise/esm*
Linux-lts-quantalUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-raringUbuntuprecise/esm*
Linux-lts-raringUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-saucyUbuntuprecise/esm*
Linux-lts-saucyUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-trustyUbuntuprecise/esm*
Linux-lts-trustyUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-utopicUbuntutrusty*
Linux-lts-utopicUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-vividUbuntutrusty*
Linux-lts-vividUbuntutrusty/esm*
Linux-lts-vividUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-wilyUbuntutrusty*
Linux-lts-wilyUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-xenialUbuntuupstream*
Linux-maguroUbuntutrusty*
Linux-maguroUbuntuupstream*
Linux-makoUbuntutrusty*
Linux-makoUbuntuupstream*
Linux-makoUbuntuxenial*
Linux-mantaUbuntutrusty*
Linux-mantaUbuntuupstream*
Linux-oemUbuntuupstream*
Linux-qcm-msmUbuntuupstream*
Linux-raspi2Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-raspi2Ubuntuzesty*
Linux-snapdragonUbuntuupstream*
Linux-snapdragonUbuntuzesty*
Linux-ti-omap4Ubuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References

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