CVE-2004-0491 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2004-0491

The linux-2.4.21-mlock.patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 does not...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

enterprise linux
Vulnerable Versions:
3.0

Timeline

Official Publish: February 6th, 2005
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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