Vulnerabilities > Netwosix

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2004-03-03 CVE-2004-0077 Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Linux Kernel do_mremap Function VMA Limit
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.
local
low complexity
redhat linux netwosix trustix
7.2