Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's uio_mmap_physical Function

CVE-2013-6763 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The uio_mmap_physical function in drivers/uio/uio.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12 does not validate the size of a memory block, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges via crafted mmap operations, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-4511.

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