CVE-2017-16994
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 27, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 27, 2017
Description
The walk_hugetlb_range function in mm/pagewalk.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.2 mishandles holes in hugetlb ranges, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized kernel memory via crafted use of the mincore() system call.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- USN-3617-1vendor-advisory
- USN-3619-2vendor-advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1431
- USN-3617-3vendor-advisory
- 43178exploit
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.2
- USN-3632-1vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=373c4557d2aa362702c4c2d41288fb1e54990b7c
- RHSA-2018:0502vendor-advisory
- USN-3617-2vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/373c4557d2aa362702c4c2d41288fb1e54990b7c
- USN-3619-1vendor-advisory
- 101969vdb-entry
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