CVE-2003-0985
Description
From CVE.org
The mremap system call (do_mremap) in Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.21, and possibly other versions before 2.4.24, does not properly perform bounds checks, which allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly gain privileges by causing a remapping of a virtual memory area (VMA) to create a zero length VMA, a different vulnerability than CAN-2004-0077.
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Andrea Arcangeli, Paul Starzetz (ISEC), and Solar Designer for reporting this issue.
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