CVE-2017-7616 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2017-7616?

CVE-2017-7616 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 10 Apr 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-388

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7616?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2017-7616?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2017-7616 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7616 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7616, GHSA-rmpg-8873-cgwp, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7616.