CVE-2004-1057 - Chary Kumming

Description

Multiple drivers in Linux kernel 2.4.19 and earlier do not properly mark memory with the VM_IO flag which causes incorrect reference counts and may lead to a denial of service (kernel panic) when accessing freed kernel pages.

Reference

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/kernels/v2.4/2.4.23aa3/00_VM_IO-4 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-016.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=137821 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12338 http://secunia.com/advisories/18562 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-017.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19275 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11474