Security Advisory

CVE-2004-1071

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2004-12-01 05:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-08 00:39:00
Assigner mitre
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

The binfmt_elf loader (binfmt_elf.c) in Linux kernel 2.4.x up to 2.4.27, and 2.6.x up to 2.6.8, does not properly handle a failed call to the mmap function, which causes an incorrect mapped image and may allow local users to execute arbitrary code.