gsd-2017-16994
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
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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Aliases
CVE-2017-16994


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      "lastModifiedDate": "2018-04-25T01:29Z",
      "publishedDate": "2017-11-27T19:29Z"
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