CVE-2017-15127

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).

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
linux	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
linux-armadaxp	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-aws	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
linux-azure	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 4.13.0-1005.7
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
linux-euclid	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored was needed ESM criteria
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-flo	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored abandoned
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-gcp	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-gke	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored end of standard support, was needed
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-goldfish	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored end of life, was needed
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-grouper	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-hwe	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-hwe-edge	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 4.18.0-8.9~18.04.1
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-kvm	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-linaro-omap	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-linaro-shared	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-linaro-vexpress	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-lts-quantal	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-lts-raring	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-lts-saucy	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-lts-trusty	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-lts-utopic	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-lts-vivid	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
linux-lts-wily	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-lts-xenial	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
linux-maguro	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-mako	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored abandoned
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-manta	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-oem	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-qcm-msm	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-raspi2	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-snapdragon	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-ti-omap4	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
linux	Introduced by 1c9e8de, fixed by 5af10df

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Other references