vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-16994: ELSA-2018-4108: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Nov 15, 2017
Added
May 16, 2018
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

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.
The walk_hugetlb_range() function in 'mm/pagewalk.c' file in the Linux kernel from v4.0-rc1 through v4.15-rc1 mishandles holes in hugetlb ranges. This allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized kernel memory via crafted use of the mincore() system call.

Solution

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
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