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CVE-2017-16994

PoC ×2—
CVSS 3.0
5.5 medium
EPSS
2%p81
Published
()
Modified
Description

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.

Vendors
linux
Products
linux kernel
Weakness
CWE-200
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (2.1%)

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