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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2004-0490 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:17:15.250Z

Reserved: 2004-05-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-0491

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2004-0491

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2004-06-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2004-0491 - Bugzilla

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