CVE - CVE-2018-7740

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-7740	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
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BID:103316 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103316 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199037 DEBIAN:DSA-4187 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187 DEBIAN:DSA-4188 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188 MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20180502 [SECURITY] [DLA 1369-1] linux security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html REDHAT:RHSA-2018:3083 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083 REDHAT:RHSA-2018:3096 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096 UBUNTU:USN-3910-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3910-1/ UBUNTU:USN-3910-2 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3910-2/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20180307	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20180307)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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