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CVE-2017-15128

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15128 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel, specifically versions prior to 4.13.12, and various Red Hat Enterprise Linux products. The flaw resides in the hugetlb_mcopy_atomic_pte function due to an insufficient size check, which can lead to a system crash (BUG). With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability can be exploited locally with low attack complexity, resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.13.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: realtime-kernel

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-15128Moderate

kernel: Out of bound access in hugetlb_mcopy_atomic_pte function in mm/hugetlb.c

Dec 8, 2017

References

git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
PatchVendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2017-15128
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/1e3921471354244f70fe268586ff94a97a6dd4df
PatchThird Party Advisory
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.12
Issue TrackingRelease NotesVendor Advisory