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Moral_
on May 1, 2014
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Null pointer dereference – new security bug for Op...
This shouldn't be exploitable on modern linux machines due to
https://wiki.debian.org/mmap_min_addr
Who knows for embedded devices.
lawnchair_larry
on May 2, 2014
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It wouldn't be exploitable even without that, due to it being a userland dereference. The mmap 0 trick really only applies to kernel exploits. If you're in a position to mmap anything, you can already execute code.
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Who knows for embedded devices.