CVE-2004-1071 - Superscript Terminator

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.

Reference

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-537.html http://www.isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0017-binfmt_elf.txt http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 http://secunia.com/advisories/20162 http://secunia.com/advisories/20163 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-504.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-505.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11646 http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U http://secunia.com/advisories/19607 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:022 https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2336 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18025 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9917