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New Linux Kernel Local Root Exploit

Monday, January 05 2004 @ 12:11 PM EST
Contributed by: logikal
Views: 1,775

Linux

A new vulnerability in the Linux kernel was found that can allow a local user to gain root privileges using the mremap() system call due to incorrect bounds checks that affects kernel 2.2, 2.4 (prior to 2.4.24), and 2.6. An updated linux 2.4 kernel has been released to correct this vulnerability (according to its changelog).

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