CVEs-PoC/2008/CVE-2008-2137.md

CVE-2008-2137

Description

The (1) sparc_mmap_check function in arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc.c and the (2) sparc64_mmap_check function in arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc.c, in the Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.36.5 and 2.6 before 2.6.25.3, omit some virtual-address range (aka span) checks when the mmap MAP_FIXED bit is not set, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified mmap calls.

POC

Reference

• http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git-commits-head/2008/5/8/1760604
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1

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