CVEvulnerability

CVE-2004-1983

2.1 LOW Published 2004-05-02 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2004-05-02
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

The arch_get_unmapped_area function in mmap.c in the PaX patches for Linux kernel 2.6, when Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown attack vectors.

Affected configurations

• the pax team pax linux 2.6.5 • gentoo linux 1.4

References