CVE-2018-7740

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    CVE-2018-7740

    Published: 7 Mar 2018Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The resv_map_release function in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG) via a crafted application that makes mmap system calls and has a large pgoff argument to the remap_file_pages system call.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3910-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3910-2/, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103316, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188, https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199037

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    Low
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High