CVE-2017-7616

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.

• CWE-388

• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cf01fb9985e8deb25ccf0ea54d916b8871ae0e62Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97527Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038503
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cf01fb9985e8deb25ccf0ea54d916b8871ae0e62Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cf01fb9985e8deb25ccf0ea54d916b8871ae0e62Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97527Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038503
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cf01fb9985e8deb25ccf0ea54d916b8871ae0e62Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01

Published

Apr 10, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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