GSD-2017-16994

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21
Details
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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CVE-2017-16994
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