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CVE-2005-0179

First published: Sun Feb 06 2005(Updated: )

Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) and bypass RLIM_MEMLOCK limits via the mlockall call.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Linux kernel=2.6.11-rc3
Linux kernel=2.4.18-pre1
Linux kernel=2.4.15
Linux kernel=2.4.30-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.11
Linux kernel=2.6.12-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.12-rc4
Linux kernel=2.4.0-test1
Linux kernel=2.6.11.2
Linux kernel=2.6.5
Linux kernel=2.4.11
Linux kernel=2.6.1
Linux kernel=2.4.27-pre3
Linux kernel=2.4.18-pre3
Linux kernel=2.4.18-pre5
Linux kernel=2.6.11.8
Linux kernel=2.4.26
Linux kernel=2.4.0-test6
Linux kernel=2.4.19-pre1
Linux kernel=2.4.21-pre7
Linux kernel=2.6.10
Linux kernel=2.4.27-pre2
Linux kernel=2.4.12
Linux kernel=2.4.13
Linux kernel=2.6.11.6
Linux kernel=2.6.0-test5
Linux kernel=2.4.19-pre4
Linux kernel=2.6.3
Linux kernel=2.6.0-test2
Linux kernel=2.4.17
Linux kernel=2.6.4
Linux kernel=2.6_test9_cvs
Linux kernel=2.4.21-pre1
Linux kernel=2.6.11.5
Linux kernel=2.6.7-rc1
Linux kernel=2.4.21
Linux kernel=2.4.23_ow2
Linux kernel=2.4.22-pre10
Linux kernel=2.4.23
Linux kernel=2.4.29-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.2
Linux kernel=2.6.8-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.0-test11
Linux kernel=2.4.0-test3
Linux kernel=2.4.7
Linux kernel=2.6.1-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.11-rc4
Linux kernel=2.4.29-rc1
Linux kernel=2.4.25
Linux kernel=2.6.8
Linux kernel=2.4.0-test8
Linux kernel=2.4.24
Linux kernel=2.4.9
Linux kernel=2.6.0-test1
Linux kernel=2.6.0-test6
Linux kernel=2.4.23-pre9
Linux kernel=2.4.31-pre1
Linux kernel=2.6.10-rc2
Linux kernel=2.4.30
Linux kernel=2.4.28
Linux kernel=2.4.0-test7
Linux kernel=2.6.0-test4
Linux kernel=2.6.0
Linux kernel=2.4.24_ow1
Linux kernel=2.4.18-pre4
Linux kernel=2.4.19-pre6
Linux kernel=2.4.10
Linux kernel=2.4.0
Linux kernel=2.4.2
Linux kernel=2.4.30-rc2
Linux kernel=2.4.19-pre2
Linux kernel=2.4.0-test12
Linux kernel=2.4.18-pre6
Linux kernel=2.4.16
Linux kernel=2.4.8
Linux kernel=2.4.19-pre3
Linux kernel=2.4.19
Linux kernel=2.4.27-pre5
Linux kernel=2.4.14
Linux kernel=2.4.3-pre3
Linux kernel=2.6.0-test10
Linux kernel=2.4.27-pre1
Linux kernel=2.4.0-test2
Linux kernel=2.4.18
Linux kernel=2.6.0-test9
Linux kernel=2.4.19-pre5
Linux kernel=2.6.11.3
Linux kernel=2.4.21-pre4
Linux kernel=2.4.22
Linux kernel=2.4.0-test5
Linux kernel=2.4.5
Linux kernel=2.6.7
Linux kernel=2.6.11-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.1-rc1
Linux kernel=2.4.18
Linux kernel=2.6.6-rc1
Linux kernel=2.4.27-pre4
Linux kernel=2.6.9-2.6.20
Linux kernel=2.4.3
Linux kernel=2.6.11.7
Linux kernel=2.4.1
Linux kernel=2.4.4
Linux kernel=2.4.18-pre2
Linux kernel=2.4.18-pre8
Linux kernel=2.6.0-test7
Linux kernel=2.4.27
Linux kernel=2.4.0-test11
Linux kernel=2.4.6
Linux kernel=2.6.8.1
Linux kernel=2.4.0-test4
Linux kernel=2.6.8-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.8-rc3
Linux kernel=2.4.0-test10
Linux kernel=2.4.29
Linux kernel=2.6.11.4
Linux kernel=2.4.20
Linux kernel=2.4.0-test9
Linux kernel=2.6.0-test8
Linux kernel=2.6.11.1
Linux kernel=2.4.18-pre7
Linux kernel=2.6.6
Linux kernel=2.6.0-test3

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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-092.html

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