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Linux Kernel "mremap()" Missing Return Value Checking Privilege Escalation

Secunia Advisory:

SA10897

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Release Date:

2004-02-18

Last Update:

2004-03-02

Popularity:

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Critical:

Less critical

Impact:

Privilege escalation

Where:

Local system

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

OS:

Linux Kernel 2.2.x
Linux Kernel 2.4.x
Linux Kernel 2.6.x

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Solution:
Update to a non-vulnerable version.
http://www.kernel.org/

Grant only trusted users access to an affected system.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Paul Starzetz

Changelog:
2004-03-02: Updated "Description" section.

Original Advisory:
http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0014-mremap-unmap.txt

Other References:
SA10532:
http://secunia.com/advisories/10532/

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