CVE - CVE-2004-0491

CVE-ID
CVE-2004-0491	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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BID:13769 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13769 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126411 MLIST:[linux-kernel] 20040402 Re: disable-cap-mlock URL:http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=108087017610947&w=2 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10672 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10672 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1117 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1117 REDHAT:RHSA-2005:472 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-472.html SECUNIA:19607 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/19607 SGI:20060402-01-U URL:ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20040527	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20040527)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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