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kernel: mm: privilege escalation via MAP_PRIVATE COW breakage

🗓️ 26 Oct 2016 10:47:33Reported by RedHatType 
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A race condition in Linux kernel memory COW breakage for private mappings allows a local user to gain write access and escalate privileges.

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OSOS VersionArchitecturePackagePackage VersionFilename
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6x86_64kernel-rt1:3.10.0-327.rt56.198.el6rtkernel-rt-1:3.10.0-327.rt56.198.el6rt.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6x86_64kernel-rt-debug1:3.10.0-327.rt56.198.el6rtkernel-rt-debug-1:3.10.0-327.rt56.198.el6rt.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6x86_64kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo1:3.10.0-327.rt56.198.el6rtkernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-1:3.10.0-327.rt56.198.el6rt.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6x86_64kernel-rt-debug-devel1:3.10.0-327.rt56.198.el6rtkernel-rt-debug-devel-1:3.10.0-327.rt56.198.el6rt.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6x86_64kernel-rt-debuginfo1:3.10.0-327.rt56.198.el6rtkernel-rt-debuginfo-1:3.10.0-327.rt56.198.el6rt.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6x86_64kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_641:3.10.0-327.rt56.198.el6rtkernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-1:3.10.0-327.rt56.198.el6rt.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6x86_64kernel-rt-devel1:3.10.0-327.rt56.198.el6rtkernel-rt-devel-1:3.10.0-327.rt56.198.el6rt.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6anykernel-rt-doc1:3.10.0-327.rt56.198.el6rt.noarchkernel-rt-doc-1:3.10.0-327.rt56.198.el6rt.noarch.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6anykernel-rt-firmware1:3.10.0-327.rt56.198.el6rt.noarchkernel-rt-firmware-1:3.10.0-327.rt56.198.el6rt.noarch.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6x86_64kernel-rt-trace1:3.10.0-327.rt56.198.el6rtkernel-rt-trace-1:3.10.0-327.rt56.198.el6rt.x86_64.rpm
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6.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.6
CVSS 3.17
CVSS 27.2
EPSS0.93929
SSVC
Linux kernelmemory managementcopy on writeprivate mappingsprivilege escalationlocal userrace condition
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