CVE-2017-16994

La función walk_hugetlb_range en mm/pagewalk.c en el kernel de Linux en versiones anteriores a la 4.14.2 gestiona de manera incorrecta los agujeros en los rangos hugetlb, lo que permite que usuarios locales obtengan información sensible de la memoria del kernel no inicializada mediante el uso manipulado de la llamada del sistema mincore().

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.

Jann Horn discovered that the Berkeley Packet Filter implementation in the Linux kernel improperly performed sign extension in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that a race condition leading to a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the ALSA PCM subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.