February 18, 2004

Another critical mremap() bug found in all Linux kernels

A critical security vulnerability has been found in the Linux kernel memory management code inside the mremap(2) system call due to missing function return value check. This bug is completely unrelated to the mremap bug disclosed on 05-01-2004 except concerning the same internal kernel function code.

Time to get patching. You can read more about the vulnerability here.

Posted by SilverStr at February 18, 2004 12:52 PM | TrackBack