Description
mm/memory.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 mishandles anonymous pages, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (page tainting) via a crafted application that triggers writing to page zero.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6b7339f4c31ad69c8e9c0b2859276e22cf72176d ↗
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.4 ↗
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3288 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93591 ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6b7339f4c31ad69c8e9c0b2859276e22cf72176d ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1333830 ↗