CVE-2017-7616

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-388

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cf01fb9985e8deb25ccf0ea54d916b8871ae0e62Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97527Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038503
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cf01fb9985e8deb25ccf0ea54d916b8871ae0e62Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cf01fb9985e8deb25ccf0ea54d916b8871ae0e62Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97527Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038503
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cf01fb9985e8deb25ccf0ea54d916b8871ae0e62Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01

Timeline

Published: Apr 10, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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