Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 12, 2013· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2013-6763
CVE-2013-6763
Description
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.
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References
17- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.12.bz2nvdPatch
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7314e613d5ff9f0934f7a0f74ed7973b903315d1nvdExploitPatch
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/04/22nvdMailing ListThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2064-1nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2065-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2066-1nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2067-1nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2068-1nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2069-1nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2070-1nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2071-1nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2072-1nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2073-1nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2074-1nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2075-1nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2076-1nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- git.kernel.orgnvdBroken Link
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