What is CVE-2017-7616?

CVE-2017-7616 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2017-7616 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-7616?

CVE-2017-7616 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2017-7616?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2017-7616. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2017-7616 actively exploited?

CVE-2017-7616 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2017-7616

Medium

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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2017-04-10

Last modified 2026-05-13

CVSS version 3.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.0 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-388

CVE-2017-7616 is classified as CWE-388

See CWE-388 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2017-7616 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97527

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Securitytracker
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038503
Red Hat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
Red Hat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
Red Hat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
Source
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cf01fb9985e8deb25ccf0ea54d916b8871ae0e62
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cf01fb9985e8deb25ccf0ea54d916b8871ae0e62
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2017-7616

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.0

Published 2017-04-10

Modified 2026-05-13

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7616?

CVE-2017-7616 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2017-7616 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-7616?

CVE-2017-7616 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.0). The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2017-7616?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2017-7616. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2017-7616 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2017-7616 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.