Denial of Service Vulnerability in arch_get_unmapped_area Function with ASLR Enabled

CVE-2004-1983 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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