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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-7616: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-7616: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
04/10/2017
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-rt

References

  • 97527
  • CVE-2017-7616
  • RHSA-2017:1842
  • RHSA-2017:2077
  • RHSA-2018:1854

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