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SUSE: CVE-2017-16994: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-16994: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/27/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/20/2017
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-kernel-azure-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-man
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-devel-azure
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-source-azure

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:3398-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:3410-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0213-1
  • 101969
  • RHSA-2018:0502
  • USN-3617-1
  • USN-3617-2
  • USN-3617-3
  • USN-3619-1
  • USN-3619-2
  • USN-3632-1
  • CVE-2017-16994
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