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CVE-2016-6522
Published: Mar 7, 2017
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Integer overflow in the uvm_map_isavail function in uvm/uvm_map.c in OpenBSD 5.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a crafted mmap call, which triggers the new mapping to overlap with an existing mapping.
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References
[oss-security] 20160802 CVE Request: Denial-of-Service / Unexploitable Memory Corruption in mmap() on OpenBSD
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[oss-security] 20160802 Re: CVE Request: Denial-of-Service / Unexploitable Memory Corruption in mmap() on OpenBSD
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