Description
The mmap function in the Linux Kernel 2.6.10 can be used to create memory maps with a start address beyond the end address, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash).
Affected products
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n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014152 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17073 ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/137-1/ ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10466 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13893 ↗