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HIGH

security flaw

Published Dec 1, 2004

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (23)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 1, 2004
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Nov 29, 2004
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date Nov 10, 2004