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Another kernel NULL pointer vulnerability

Another kernel NULL pointer vulnerability

Posted Aug 15, 2009 16:30 UTC (Sat) by forcer (guest, #60276)
In reply to: Another kernel NULL pointer vulnerability by spender
Parent article: Another kernel NULL pointer vulnerability

are you sure this is the right exploit? did you even look at it? this does
seems as a older pulseaudio bug, which is already patched as far as I know.


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Another kernel NULL pointer vulnerability

Posted Aug 15, 2009 17:34 UTC (Sat) by spender (subscriber, #23067) [Link]

It's supposed to work on any kernel, so it uses every public technique to mmap at 0, despite whatever protections are in place. That's why the pulseaudio stuff is present in it.

-Brad

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