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CVE-2017-15127

A flaw was found in the hugetlb_mcopy_atomic_pte function in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel...

5.5 MediumFix available

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).

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.38%Down 0.7 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

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).

Record
CVE-2017-15127
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.9 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness
CWE-460
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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).

Record
CVE-2017-15127
Weakness
CWE-460
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-6588 No score

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).

Record
EUVD-2017-6588
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fq75-cvw3-5jx9 5.5

A flaw was found in the hugetlb_mcopy_atomic_pte function in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel...

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).

Record
GHSA-fq75-cvw3-5jx9
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-460
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 5.5

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).

Record
CVE-2017-15127
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-15127 5.5

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).

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15127
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2018:0676 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Record
RHSA-2018:0676
CVSS 3.0
7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2018:1062 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Record
RHSA-2018:1062
CVSS 3.0
7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-15127 5.5

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).

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15127
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
linux
Debian:12
before 3.13.4-1
3.13.4-1
linux
Debian:13
before 3.13.4-1
3.13.4-1
linux
Debian:14
before 3.13.4-1
3.13.4-1
kernel-rt
Red Hat:rhel_extras_rt:7
From an advisory covering 29 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
kernel-rt-debug
Red Hat:rhel_extras_rt:7
From an advisory covering 29 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_extras_rt:7
From an advisory covering 29 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
kernel-rt-debug-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras_rt:7
From an advisory covering 29 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
kernel-rt-debug-kvm
Red Hat:rhel_extras_rt:7
From an advisory covering 29 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
kernel-rt-debug-kvm-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_extras_rt:7
From an advisory covering 29 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
kernel-rt-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_extras_rt:7
From an advisory covering 29 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64
Red Hat:rhel_extras_rt:7
From an advisory covering 29 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
kernel-rt-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras_rt:7
From an advisory covering 29 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
kernel-rt-doc
Red Hat:rhel_extras_rt:7
From an advisory covering 29 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
kernel-rt-kvm
Red Hat:rhel_extras_rt:7
From an advisory covering 29 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
kernel-rt-kvm-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_extras_rt:7
From an advisory covering 29 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
kernel-rt-trace
Red Hat:rhel_extras_rt:7
From an advisory covering 29 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
kernel-rt-trace-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_extras_rt:7
From an advisory covering 29 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
kernel-rt-trace-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras_rt:7
From an advisory covering 29 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
kernel-rt-trace-kvm
Red Hat:rhel_extras_rt:7
From an advisory covering 29 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
kernel-rt-trace-kvm-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_extras_rt:7
From an advisory covering 29 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-abi-whitelists
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-debug
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-debug-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-tools-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-tools-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
python-perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
python-perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-tools-libs-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-abi-whitelists
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-debug
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-debug-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-tools-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-tools-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
python-perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
python-perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-tools-libs-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-abi-whitelists
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-bootwrapper
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-debug
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-debug-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-kdump
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-kdump-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-kdump-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-tools-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-tools-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
python-perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
python-perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-tools-libs-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-abi-whitelists
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-debug
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-debug-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-tools-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-tools-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
python-perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
python-perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-tools-libs-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 0:3.10.0-862.el7
0:3.10.0-862.el7
linux-azure
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 4.13.0-1005.7, plus listed versions
4.11.0-1009.94.11.0-1011.114.11.0-1013.134.11.0-1014.144.11.0-1015.154.11.0-1016.16
4.13.0-1005.7

History

History
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aliasesEUVD
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-15127 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Linux Kernel, published January 14, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.38%, the 32nd percentile. Fixed in linux 3.13.4-1.

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