CVE-2017-16994
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16994
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-16994.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-16994
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-11-27T19:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:26Z
- Severity
-
- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The walkhugetlbrange 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.
- References
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- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101969
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0502
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43178/
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1431
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=373c4557d2aa362702c4c2d41288fb1e54990b7c
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/373c4557d2aa362702c4c2d41288fb1e54990b7c
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3632-1/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16994
Affected packages
Debian:11 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source
Debian:12 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source
Debian:13 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source
Debian:14 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source