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SUSE: CVE-2019-9213: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2019-9213: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
03/05/2019
Created
04/22/2019
Added
03/20/2019
Modified
02/04/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-kernel-azure-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-man
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-devel-azure
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-source-azure

References

  • SUSE-SU-2019:0645-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0672-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0683-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0709-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0722-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0726-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0740-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0745-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0754-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0761-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0765-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0767-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0784-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0785-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0801-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0828-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0845-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0901-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:1289-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:14051-1
  • USN-3930-1
  • USN-3930-2
  • USN-3931-1
  • USN-3931-2
  • USN-3932-1
  • USN-3932-2
  • USN-3933-1
  • USN-3933-2
  • CVE-2019-9213
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