The mprotect code (mprotect.c) in Linux 2.6 on Itanium IA64 Montecito processors does not properly maintain cache coherency as required by the architecture, which allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly corrupt data by modifying PTE protections.
Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
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Linux_kernel | Linux | 2.6.0 (including) | 2.6.0 (including) |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | RedHat | kernel-0:2.6.9-22.EL | * |