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CVE-2017-16994
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-11-27T19:29:00.423 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:10:13.947

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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