CVE-2019-9213

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CVSS v3
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS v2
4.9
MEDIUM
Affected
1
PROJECT

Description

In the Linux kernel before 4.20.14, expand_downwards in mm/mmap.c lacks a check for the mmap minimum address, which makes it easier for attackers to exploit kernel NULL pointer dereferences on non-SMAP platforms. This is related to a capability check for the wrong task.

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