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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-6107
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-6107

Description:
The (1) sys32_mremap function in arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc32.c, the (2) sparc_mmap_check function in arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc.c, and the (3) sparc64_mmap_check function in arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc.c, in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.4, omit some virtual-address range (aka span) checks when the mremap MREMAP_FIXED bit is not set, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified mremap calls, a related issue to CVE-2008-2137.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/48710

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1

ST
  1020120

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA30258

MLIST
  http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121071103304610&w=2

CONFIRM
  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.4

BID
  33836


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