ghsa-7jmv-5cqq-75jg
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-03-04 00:00
Modified
2022-03-17 00:03
Details

A memory leak flaw in the Linux kernel's hugetlbfs memory usage was found in the way the user maps some regions of memory twice using shmget() which are aligned to PUD alignment with the fault of some of the memory pages. A local user could use this flaw to get unauthorized access to some data.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-4002"
  ],
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    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-401"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-03-03T22:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "A memory leak flaw in the Linux kernel\u0027s hugetlbfs memory usage was found in the way the user maps some regions of memory twice using shmget() which are aligned to PUD alignment with the fault of some of the memory pages. A local user could use this flaw to get unauthorized access to some data.",
  "id": "GHSA-7jmv-5cqq-75jg",
  "modified": "2022-03-17T00:03:38Z",
  "published": "2022-03-04T00:00:15Z",
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      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2025726"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=13e4ad2ce8df6e058ef482a31fdd81c725b0f7ea"
    },
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00011.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/11/25/1"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html"
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    }
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}


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