CVE-2013-6763

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The uio_mmap_physical function in drivers/uio/uio.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12 does not validate the size of a memory block, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges via crafted mmap operations, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-4511.

Find out more about CVE-2013-6763 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

The Red Hat Security Response Team does not consider this issue to be a security flaw; however, we are in the process of discussing the issue with other vendors. We will revisit our decision not to classify this issue as a security flaw if needed.

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