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CVE-2018-7740
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-03-07T08:29:00.433 · Last modified 2026-06-17T02:03:37.817

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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