CVE-2004-0491

N/A Unknown

Published: December 31, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=108087017610947&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/19607

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-472.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13769

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126411

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10672

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1117

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U