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Bug 254905 (CVE-2009-0024) - Kernel: DOS/privilege escalation in sys_remap_file_pages() in mm/fremap.c (CVE-2009-0024)
Summary: Kernel: DOS/privilege escalation in sys_remap_file_pages() in mm/fremap.c (CV...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2009-0024
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel...
Whiteboard: [linux <2.6.24.1]
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Reported: 2009-01-13 23:44 UTC by Stefan Behte (RETIRED)
Modified: 2013-09-05 03:35 UTC (History)
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Description Stefan Behte (RETIRED) gentoo-dev Security 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.