drivers/char/virtio_console.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x and 4.10.x before 4.10.12...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c4baad50297d84bde1a7ad45e50c73adae4a2192
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.12
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97997
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4baad50297d84bde1a7ad45e50c73adae4a2192
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