CVE-2004-1983 Information

Description

The arch_get_unmapped_area function in mmap.c in the PaX patches for Linux kernel 2.6 when Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) is enabled allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown attack vectors.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108360001130312&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108420555920369&w=2 http://pax.grsecurity.net/ http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-02.xml http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10264 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16037