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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-03-07T08:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:37:57.887Z

Reserved: 2018-03-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-7740

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-03-07T08:29:00.433

Modified: 2019-03-18T19:31:01.440

Link: CVE-2018-7740

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-03-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-7740 - Bugzilla