cve/2013/CVE-2013-6763.md

### [CVE-2013-6763](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6763)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2076-1

#### Github
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