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 atta

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• canonical ubuntu linux12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux18.10
• debian debian linux8.0
• linux linux kernel4.9 and later · before 4.9.162
• linux linux kernel4.14 and later · before 4.14.105
• linux linux kernel4.19 and later · before 4.19.27
• linux linux kernel4.20 and later · before 4.20.14
• opensuse leap15.0
• opensuse leap42.3
• redhat enterprise linux7.0
• redhat enterprise linux8.0

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2022-0847A flaw was found in the way the "flags" member of the new pipe buffer structure was lacking proper initialization in copy_page_to_iter_pipe KEV
  89Now
• CVE-2021-22555Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACEKEV
  85Now
• CVE-2016-5195Race condition in mm/gup.c in the Linux kernel 2.x through 4.x before 4.8.3 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging incorrect haKEV
  83Now
• CVE-2019-13272In the Linux kernel before 5.1.17, ptrace_link in kernel/ptrace.c mishandles the recording of the credentials of a process that wants to creKEV
  77This week
• CVE-2013-6282The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the v6k and v7 ARM platforms do not validate certain addKEV
  77This week
• CVE-2013-2094The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows loKEV
  77This week

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Attack context

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