CVE-2017-7616

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    CVE-2017-7616

    Published: 10 Apr 2017Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01, 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, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97527, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cf01fb9985e8deb25ccf0ea54d916b8871ae0e62, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cf01fb9985e8deb25ccf0ea54d916b8871ae0e62

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    Integrity
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    Availability
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