UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15127

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15127
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15127.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15127
Upstream
Published
2018-01-14T06:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:44:10Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in the hugetlbmcopyatomicpte function in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13. A superfluous implicit page unlock for VMSHARED hugetlbfs mapping could trigger a local denial of service (BUG).

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / linux-azure

Package

Name
linux-azure
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-azure@4.13.0-1005.7?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.13.0-1005.7

Affected versions

4.*

4.11.0-1009.9
4.11.0-1011.11
4.11.0-1013.13
4.11.0-1014.14
4.11.0-1015.15
4.11.0-1016.16

Ecosystem specific

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    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "linux-azure-cloud-tools-4.13.0-1005",
            "binary_version": "4.13.0-1005.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "linux-azure-cloud-tools-4.13.0-1005-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.13.0-1005.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "linux-azure-headers-4.13.0-1005",
            "binary_version": "4.13.0-1005.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "linux-azure-tools-4.13.0-1005",
            "binary_version": "4.13.0-1005.7"
        },
        {
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            "binary_version": "4.13.0-1005.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "linux-cloud-tools-4.13.0-1005-azure",
            "binary_version": "4.13.0-1005.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "linux-headers-4.13.0-1005-azure",
            "binary_version": "4.13.0-1005.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-4.13.0-1005-azure",
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        },
        {
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        },
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}