Definition

Red Hat Enterprise 3 Linux Kernel do_mremap Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:825

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.

Family:

unix

Status:

ACCEPTED

Platform(s):

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3

Class:

vulnerability

Reference(s):

CVE-2004-0077

Product(s):

mremap