CVE-2004-0077 Information

Description

The do_mremap function for the mremap system call in Linux 2.2 to 2.2.25 2.4 to 2.4.24 and 2.6 to 2.6.2 does not properly check the return value from the do_munmap function when the maximum number of VMA descriptors is exceeded which allows local users to gain root privileges a different vulnerability than CAN-2003-0985.

Reference

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