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CVE-2017-7616

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7616 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically affecting versions through 4.10.9. Incorrect error handling in memory management syscalls allows local users to expose sensitive, uninitialized stack data. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this flaw requires local access and has a high confidentiality impact, but does not affect integrity or availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.10.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-754.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-693.rt56.617.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-693.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-7616Moderate

kernel: Incorrect error handling in the set_mempolicy and mbind compat syscalls in mm/mempolicy.c

Apr 8, 2017

References

git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
PatchThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1842
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2077
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1854
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/cf01fb9985e8deb25ccf0ea54d916b8871ae0e62
PatchThird Party Advisory
source.android.com / security/bulletin/2017-09-01
securityfocus.com / bid/97527
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038503