CVE-2017-16994
Linux Kernel - Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability in hugetlb
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 27, 2017, 7:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 25, 2018, 1:29 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2017-16994 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit
available at Github.
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CVE-2017-16994
vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 25, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3632-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 07, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 06, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 15, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0502 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 07, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Changed Reference Type https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1431 No Types Assigned https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1431 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101969 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101969 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/373c4557d2aa362702c4c2d41288fb1e54990b7c No Types Assigned https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/373c4557d2aa362702c4c2d41288fb1e54990b7c Patch Changed Reference Type http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=373c4557d2aa362702c4c2d41288fb1e54990b7c No Types Assigned http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=373c4557d2aa362702c4c2d41288fb1e54990b7c Patch Changed Reference Type http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.2 No Types Assigned http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.2 Release Notes Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43178/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43178/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Added CWE CWE-200 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.14.2 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43178/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 30, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101969 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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is
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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0.04 }} -0.02%
score
0.08465
percentile