- Vendor / Project
- Linux
- Product
- Kernel
- Date added
- Sep 15, 2022
- Due date
- Oct 6, 2022
- Known ransomware use
- Unknown
- CWEs
- CWE-20
Description
The get_user and put_user API functions of the Linux kernel fail to validate the target address when being used on ARM v6k/v7 platforms. This allows an application to read and write kernel memory which could lead to privilege escalation.
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