CVE-2017-16994

CVE Details

Release Date:	2018-07-30
Impact:	None	What is this?

Description

The walk_hugetlb_range function in mm/pagewalk.c in the Linux kernelbefore 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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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	2.1
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2018-4108	2018-05-15
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2018-4108	2018-05-15
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2018-0043	2018-05-16