CVE-2017-16994 (GCVE-0-2017-16994)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-11-27 19:00
Modified
2024-08-05 20:43
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.org http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=373c4557d2aa362702c4c2d41288fb1e54990b7c Patch
cve@mitre.org http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.2 Release Notes
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101969 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0502
cve@mitre.org https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1431 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.org https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/373c4557d2aa362702c4c2d41288fb1e54990b7c Patch
cve@mitre.org https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/
cve@mitre.org https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2/
cve@mitre.org https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3/
cve@mitre.org https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
cve@mitre.org https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
cve@mitre.org https://usn.ubuntu.com/3632-1/
cve@mitre.org https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43178/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=373c4557d2aa362702c4c2d41288fb1e54990b7c Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.2 Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101969 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0502
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1431 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/373c4557d2aa362702c4c2d41288fb1e54990b7c Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3632-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43178/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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