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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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2004-0490 | 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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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T00:17:15.250Z
Reserved: 2004-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2004-0491
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Status : Modified
Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627
Link: CVE-2004-0491
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD