Uninitialized Kernel Memory Disclosure Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2017-16994 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

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