# CVE-2017-15128: A flaw was found in the hugetlb\_mcopy\_atomic\_pte function in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.12.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-01-14 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a Linux kernel before 4.13.12: Linux kernel before 4.13.12

## 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).

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## Related

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## References

- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.12
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15128
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1525222
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1e3921471354244f70fe268586ff94a97a6dd4df
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1e3921471354244f70fe268586ff94a97a6dd4df

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