CVE-2019-20172 | BDVDB-2026-128458 Detail

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/commit/0fc24fe2564736689859e7edfa177a86dac36bf9
https://github.com/Fire30/CTF-WRITEUPS/tree/master/36c3_ctf/wisdom

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12019-12-31Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.