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SUSE-SA:2004:005: Linux Kernel

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SUSE-SA:2004:005: Linux Kernel

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/18/2004
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/08/2005
Modified
11/18/2015

Description

The do_mremap function for the mremap system call in Linux 2.2 to 2.2.25, 2.4 to 2.4.24, and 2.6 to 2.6.2, does not properly check the return value from the do_munmap function when the maximum number of VMA descriptors is exceeded, which allows local users to gain root privileges, a different vulnerability than CAN-2003-0985.

Solution(s)

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