Published: 31/12/2004 Updated: 11/10/2017

CVSS v2 Base Score: 2.1 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 187

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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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redhat enterprise linux 3.0

Synopsis kernel security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in the Red HatEnterprise Linux 3 kernel are now availableThis security advisory has been rated as having important security impactby the Red Hat Security Response Team ...

NVD-CWE-Other https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126411 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-472.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13769 ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U http://secunia.com/advisories/19607 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=108087017610947&w=2 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1117 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10672 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:472 https://nvd.nist.gov

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