CVE-2009-0024 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.24.y.git;a=commit;h=8a459e44ad837018ea5c34a9efe8eb4ad27ded26 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/12/1 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33211