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CVE-2019-20172

Kernel/VM/MemoryManager.cpp in SerenityOS before 2019-12-30 does not reject syscalls with pointers into the kernel-only virtual address spac

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Summary

Kernel/VM/MemoryManager.cpp in SerenityOS before 2019-12-30 does not reject syscalls with pointers into the kernel-only virtual address space, which allows local users to gain privileges by overwriting a return address that was found on the kernel stack.

Timeline

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Affected versions

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References 2

GitHub · SerenityOS/serenity

GitHub · Fire30/CTF-WRITEUPS