{"cve":"CVE-2018-7740","nvd":{"published":"2018-03-07T08:29:00.433","modified":"2026-06-17T02:03:37.817","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103316","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096","https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199037","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel","redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop","redhat:enterprise_linux_server","redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation","redhat:virtualization_host"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:48:50.842038930+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2018-7740","score":0.00583,"percentile":0.47887,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}