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Another kernel NULL pointer vulnerability

Another kernel NULL pointer vulnerability

Posted Aug 14, 2009 18:07 UTC (Fri) by spender (subscriber, #23067)
In reply to: Another kernel NULL pointer vulnerability by jamesmrh
Parent article: Another kernel NULL pointer vulnerability

SELinux could have obeyed the mmap_min_addr restriction, and further tightened it down (as not all things with CAP_SYS_RAWIO need to mmap at 0). If SELinux was doing the right thing from the beginning, the code wouldn't need any "reworking."

-Brad


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