security flaw
Published Feb 6, 2005
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.36%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
kernel-0:2.4.21-32.0.1.EL
Fixed · RHSA-2005:472
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | kernel-0:2.4.21-32.0.1.EL | Fixed | RHSA-2005:472 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00360) | 27.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00360) | 27.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00087) | 22.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (12)
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=108087017610947&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19607 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-472.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13769 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0491 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126411 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617210 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0491
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10672 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1117 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0491
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI | |
| http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=108087017610947&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/19607 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-472.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13769 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0491 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126411 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617210 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0491 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10672 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1117 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0491 |
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