Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 10, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-7616
CVE-2017-7616
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.
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Affected products
87- osv-coords86 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Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cf01fb9985e8deb25ccf0ea54d916b8871ae0e62nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97527nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038503nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854nvd
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01nvd
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