VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-7616

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-04-10
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

Incorrect error handling in the set_mempolicy and mbind compat syscalls in mm/mempolicy.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized stack data by triggering failure of a certain bitmap operation.

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