What the vulnerability does

01Description

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).

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 14, 2018 CVE published
August 5, 2024 Record updated