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CVE-2017-16994
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…
Medium5.5EPSS 2.1%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (13)
- USN-3617-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3619-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1431 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3617-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 43178 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3632-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=373c4557d2aa362702c4c2d41288fb1e54990b7c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0502 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-3617-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/373c4557d2aa362702c4c2d41288fb1e54990b7c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3619-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 101969 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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