Paul Starzetz and Wojciech Purczynski of isec.pl discovered a critical security vulnerability in the memory management code of Linux inside the mremap(2) system call. Due to missing function return value check of internal functions a local attacker can gain root privileges. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.18-14.2 of kernel-source, version 2.4.18-14 of alpha images, version 2.4.18-12.2 of i386 images, version 2.4.18-5woody7 of i386bf images and version 2.4.18-1woody4 of powerpc images. Other architectures will probably mentioned in a separate advisory or are not affected (m68k). For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem is fixed in version 2.4.24-3 for source, i386 and alpha images and version 2.4.22-10 for powerpc images. This problem is also fixed in the upstream version of Linux 2.4.25 and 2.6.3. We recommend that you upgrade your Linux kernel packages immediately. Vulnerability matrix for CAN-2004-0077
Paul Starzetz and Wojciech Purczynski of isec.pl discovered a critical security vulnerability in the memory management code of Linux inside the mremap(2) system call. Due to missing function return value check of internal functions a local attacker can gain root privileges.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.18-14.2 of kernel-source, version 2.4.18-14 of alpha images, version 2.4.18-12.2 of i386 images, version 2.4.18-5woody7 of i386bf images and version 2.4.18-1woody4 of powerpc images.
Other architectures will probably mentioned in a separate advisory or are not affected (m68k).
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem is fixed in version 2.4.24-3 for source, i386 and alpha images and version 2.4.22-10 for powerpc images.
This problem is also fixed in the upstream version of Linux 2.4.25 and 2.6.3.
We recommend that you upgrade your Linux kernel packages immediately.
Vulnerability matrix for CAN-2004-0077
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.
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