Bug 254905 (CVE-2009-0024)

Summary:	Kernel: DOS/privilege escalation in sys_remap_file_pages() in mm/fremap.c (CVE-2009-0024)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Stefan Behte (RETIRED) <craig>
Component:	Kernel	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	kernel
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.24.y.git;a=commit;h=8a459e44ad837018ea5c34a9efe8eb4ad27ded26
Whiteboard:	[linux <2.6.24.1]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Stefan Behte (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-01-13 23:44:36 UTC

CVE-2009-0024 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-0024):
  The sys_remap_file_pages function in mm/fremap.c in the Linux kernel
  before 2.6.24.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service or
  gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to the vm_file
  structure member, and the mmap_region and do_munmap functions.