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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-10727 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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Updated: 2024-08-05T02:39:09.881Z

Reserved: 2019-12-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-20172

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Status : Modified

Published: 2019-12-31T03:15:10.467

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:38:09.343

Link: CVE-2019-20172

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