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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-7616): Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-7616): Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
04/10/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/18/2017
Modified
08/25/2021

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-129-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-129-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-129-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-129-powerpc-e500
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-129-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-129-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-129-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-129-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-1005-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-21-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-21-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-21-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-27-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-27-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-27-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1013-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1017-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1055-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1058-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-78-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-78-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-78-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-78-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-78-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-78-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-78-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-trusty
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-trusty
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon

References

  • USN-3291-1
  • USN-3291-2
  • USN-3291-3
  • USN-3293-1
  • USN-3344-1
  • USN-3344-2
  • USN-3361-1
  • USN-3404-1
  • USN-3404-2
  • USN-3405-1
  • USN-3405-2
  • USN-3406-1
  • USN-3406-2
  • 97527
  • 1038503
  • RHSA-2017:1842
  • RHSA-2017:2077
  • RHSA-2018:1854
  • CVE-2017-7616
  • DLA-922-1
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