The bio_map_user_iov and bio_unmap_user functions in block/bio.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.8 do unbalanced refcounting when a SCSI I/O vector has small consecutive buffers belonging to the same page. The bio_add_pc_page function merges them into one, but the page reference is never dropped. This causes a memory leak and possible system lockup (exploitable against the host OS by a guest OS user, if a SCSI disk is passed through to a virtual machine) due to an out-of-memory condition.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T18:28:16.645Z
Reserved: 2017-08-01T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-12190

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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-11-22T18:29:00.477
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:09:01.170
Link: CVE-2017-12190
