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Kernel: mm: try_to_unmap_cluster() should lock_page() before mlocking
It was found that the trytounmapcluster function in the Linux kernel's Memory Managment subsystem did not properly handle page locking in certain cases, which could potentially trigger the BUGON macro in the mlockvmapage function. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system...
Kernel: mm: try_to_unmap_cluster() should lock_page() before mlocking
It was found that the trytounmapcluster function in the Linux kernel's Memory Managment subsystem did not properly handle page locking in certain cases, which could potentially trigger the BUGON macro in the mlockvmapage function. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system...