CVE-2004-0491
First published: Fri Dec 31 2004(Updated: )
The linux-2.4.21-mlock.patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 does not properly maintain the mlock page count when one process unlocks pages that belong to another process, which allows local users to mlock more memory than specified by the rlimit.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =3.0 |
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Reference Links
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126411
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-472.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13769
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19607
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=108087017610947&w=2
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1117
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10672
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