Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10672
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1117
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19607
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-472.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126411
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=108087017610947&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13769
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10672
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1117
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19607
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-472.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126411
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=108087017610947&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13769