Incorrect error handling in the set_mempolicy and mbind...
Moderate severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 14, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Feb 2, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Apr 10, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 14, 2022
Last updated
Feb 2, 2023
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.
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