CVE-2003-0985 Information

Description

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.

Reference

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