CVE-2018-7740

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.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3910-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3910-1/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199037

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103316

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3