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Comment: Linked reference to Linux vmsplice kernel exploit

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A Linux kernel vmsplice exploit, described at http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2008/02/13/analyzing-the-linux-kernel-vmsplice-exploit/
documents a vulerability and exploit arising directly out of integer
overflow.

References

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\[[Dowd 06|AA. C References#Dowd 06]\] Chapter 6, "C Language Issues" (Arithmetic Boundary Conditions, pp. 211-223)
\[[ISO/IEC 9899-1999|AA. C References#ISO/IEC 9899-1999]\] Section 6.5, "Expressions," and Section 7.10, "Sizes of integer types <limits.h>"
\[[Seacord 05|AA. C References#Seacord 05]\] Chapter 5, "Integers"
\[[Viega 05|AA. C References#Viega 05]\] Section 5.2.7, "Integer overflow"
\[[VU#551436|AA. C References#VU551436]\]
\[[Warren 02|AA. C References#Warren 02]\] Chapter 2, "Basics"

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