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.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2017-11-27T19:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-05T20:43:57.853Z
Reserved: 2017-11-27T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-16994

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-11-27T19:29:00.423
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2017-16994
