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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-12-31T02:50:35

Updated: 2019-12-31T02:50:35

Reserved: 2019-12-31T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2019-20172

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2019-12-31T03:15:10.467

Modified: 2022-12-08T18:55:41.790


Link: CVE-2019-20172

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