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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-11-27T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:43:57.853Z

Reserved: 2017-11-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-16994

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-11-27T19:29:00.423

Modified: 2018-04-25T01:29:02.240

Link: CVE-2017-16994

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-16994 - Bugzilla