The walk_hugetlb_range function in mm/pagewalk.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.2 mishandles holes in hugetlb ranges, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized kernel memory via crafted use of the mincore() system call.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade kernel | Dec 22, 2017 | Nov 27, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 30, 2024 | Nov 27, 2017 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade kernel-uek | May 16, 2018 | Nov 15, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-default-manUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade kernel-azure-baseUpgrade kernel-devel-azureUpgrade kernel-default-extraUpgrade kernel-source-azure | Dec 20, 2017 | Nov 27, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-119-genericUpgrade linux-image-4.13.0-38-genericUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-4.13.0-1012-gcpUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-119-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-4.13.0-1014-azureUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1020-kvmUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-119-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-oemUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.13.0-38-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-119-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1016-awsUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-119-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-119-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-4.13.0-1022-oemUpgrade linux-image-4.13.0-1016-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-119-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-4.13.0-38-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1086-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1088-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1054-awsUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae | Apr 25, 2018 | Nov 27, 2017 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Nov 27, 2017 |
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