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CVE-2017-8067
Published: Apr 23, 2017
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
drivers/char/virtio_console.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x and 4.10.x before 4.10.12 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[oss-security] 20170416 Silently (or obliviously) partially-fixed CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM bypass
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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.12
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97997
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