What is CVE-2017-15127?

CVE-2017-15127 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2017-15127 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-15127?

CVE-2017-15127 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2017-15127?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2017-15127. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2017-15127 actively exploited?

CVE-2017-15127 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2017-15127

Medium

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).

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2018-01-14

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.0 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-460

CVE-2017-15127 is classified as CWE-460

See CWE-460 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2017-15127 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102517
Red Hat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676
Red Hat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062
Red Hat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15127

Third Party Advisory
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1525218

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5af10dfd0afc559bb4b0f7e3e8227a1578333995
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5af10dfd0afc559bb4b0f7e3e8227a1578333995
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2017-15127

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.0

Published 2018-01-14

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15127?

CVE-2017-15127 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2017-15127 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-15127?

CVE-2017-15127 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.0). The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2017-15127?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2017-15127. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2017-15127 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2017-15127 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.