CVE-2017-7616

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CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p35

Published

Apr 10, 2017 (Apr 10, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: linux
Products: linux kernel
Weakness: CWE-388
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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