Joe's Own Editor File Link Vulnerability

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 TITLE: Joe's Own Editor File Link Vulnerability ADVISORY ID: WSIR-00/11-01 CONTACT: Patrik Birgersson, Wkit Security AB CLASS: File Handling Error OBJECT: joe1 exec VENDOR: Josef H. Allen STATUS: Vendor not reachable REMOTE: No LOCAL: Yes DATE:...

PT-2013-6311 · Linux +5 · Linux Kernel +5

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 3.14.3 Description: The issue is related to errors in memory handling, specifically in the try to unmap cluster function in mm/rmap.c, which does not properly consider which pages must be locked. This allows loc...