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CVE-2017-7616
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-04-10T14:59:00.293 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:24:48.030

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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