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CVE-2004-0491 Details

Description

The linux-2.4.21-mlock.patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 does not properly maintain the mlock page count when one process unlocks pages that belong to another process, which allows local users to mlock more memory than specified by the rlimit.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U CVE
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=108087017610947&w=2 CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126411 CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/19607 CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10672 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
redhat enterprise linux
3.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2004-0491
NVD Published Date:
Dec 31, 2004
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2004-0491 Details - Not Deferred