Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) and bypass RLIM_MEMLOCK limits via the mlockall call.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-06T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:05:25.466Z

Reserved: 2005-01-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-0179

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-03-07T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2017-10-11T01:29:52.857

Link: CVE-2005-0179

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2005-01-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-0179 - Bugzilla