high7.8
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 space, which allows loc…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Serenityos | Serenityos | before 2019-12-30 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://github.com/Fire30/CTF-WRITEUPS/tree/master/36c3_ctf/wisdom
- https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/commit/0fc24fe2564736689859e7edfa177a86dac36bf9
- https://github.com/Fire30/CTF-WRITEUPS/tree/master/36c3_ctf/wisdom
- https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/commit/0fc24fe2564736689859e7edfa177a86dac36bf9