UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7616
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.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cf01fb9985e8deb25ccf0ea54d916b8871ae0e62
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cf01fb9985e8deb25ccf0ea54d916b8871ae0e62
- https://grsecurity.net/the_infoleak_that_mostly_wasnt.php
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7616
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3291-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3291-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3291-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3293-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3361-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3406-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3406-2
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7616