Null pointer dereference

In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the unlocking of memory...

Xen 'memory_exchange' function denial of service vulnerability (CNVD-2015-08352)

Xen is an open source virtual machine monitor product developed at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. The 'memoryexchange' function in the Xen common/memory.c file fails to properly unlock, allowing a local attacker to exploit this vulnerability to crash an application...

Inception - Attacking FireWire Devices

Inception is a FireWire physical memory manipulation and hacking tool exploiting IEEE 1394 SBP-2 DMA. The tool can unlock any password accepted and escalate privileges to Administrator/root on almost any powered on machine you have physical access to. The tool can attack over FireWire, Thunderbol...

CVE-2005-0176

The shmctl function in Linux 2.6.9 and earlier allows local users to unlock the memory of other processes, which could cause sensitive memory to be swapped to disk, which could allow it to be read by other users once it has been released...