Secunia Security Advisory - Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Linux Kernel "do_mremap()" Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38229
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38229/
DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux Kernel, which
can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) and potentially gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to various problems related to
"do_mremap()" and "MREMAP_FIXED", which can be exploited to e.g.
cause a system crash on certain architectures.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.6.32.4.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Disclosed in GIT commits.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.4
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