CVE-2026-72172

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/mminit: fix uninitialized struct pages for ZONEDEVICE If DAX memory is hotplugged into an unoccupied subsection of an early section, sectionactivate reuses the unoptimized boot memmap. However, compoundnrpages still assumes th...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72172

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/mminit: fix uninitialized struct pages for ZONEDEVICE If DAX memory is hotplugged into an unoccupied subsection of an early section, sectionactivate reuses the unoptimized boot memmap. However, compoundnrpages still assumes th...

CVE-2026-72172

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/mminit: fix uninitialized struct pages for ZONEDEVICE If DAX memory is hotplugged into an unoccupied subsection of an early section, sectionactivate reuses the unoptimized boot memmap. However, compoundnrpages still assumes th...

CVE-2026-72172 mm/mm_init: fix uninitialized struct pages for ZONE_DEVICE

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/mminit: fix uninitialized struct pages for ZONEDEVICE If DAX memory is hotplugged into an unoccupied subsection of an early section, sectionactivate reuses the unoptimized boot memmap. However, compoundnrpages still assumes th...

CVE-2026-72172 mm/mm_init: fix uninitialized struct pages for ZONE_DEVICE

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/mminit: fix uninitialized struct pages for ZONEDEVICE If DAX memory is hotplugged into an unoccupied subsection of an early section, sectionactivate reuses the unoptimized boot memmap. However, compoundnrpages still assumes th...

Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-001234)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-001234 advisory. The mminit function in kernel/fork.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.10 does not clear the -exefile member of a new process's mmstruct, allowing a local attacker to...

EUVD-2017-8220

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CVE-2017-17052

The mminit function in kernel/fork.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.10 does not clear the -exefile member of a new process's mmstruct, allowing a local attacker to achieve a use-after-free condition and to induce a kernel memory corruption on the system, leading to a crash or possibly have...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4062)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-4062 advisory. - fork: fix incorrect fput of -exefile causing use-after-free Eric Biggers Orabug: 27290198 CVE-2017-17052 - KVM: x86: fix singlestepping over...

CVE-2017-17052

The mminit function in kernel/fork.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.10 does not clear the -exefile member of a new process's mmstruct, allowing a local attacker to achieve a use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact by running a specially crafted program...

Design/Logic Flaw

The mminit function in kernel/fork.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.10 does not clear the -exefile member of a new process's mmstruct, allowing a local attacker to achieve a use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact by running a specially crafted program...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17052

The mminit function in kernel/fork.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.10 does not clear the -exefile member of a new process's mmstruct, allowing a local attacker to achieve a use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact by running a specially crafted program...

CVE-2017-17052

The mminit function in kernel/fork.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.10 does not clear the -exefile member of a new process's mmstruct, allowing a local attacker to achieve a use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact by running a specially crafted program...

CVE-2017-17052

The CVE-2017-17052 entry affects the Linux kernel: the mm_init function in kernel/fork.c fails to clear the ->exe_file field of a new process’s mm_struct. This can enable a local attacker to trigger a use-after-free (and potential additional impact) by running a crafted program. Affected path ...

CVE-2017-17052

The mminit function in kernel/fork.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.10 does not clear the -exefile member of a new process's mmstruct, allowing a local attacker to achieve a use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact by running a specially crafted program...

CVE-2017-17052

The mminit function in kernel/fork.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.10 does not clear the -exefile member of a new process's mmstruct, allowing a local attacker to achieve a use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact by running a specially crafted program...