Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2004:001)

A flaw in bounds checking in mremap in the Linux kernel versions 2.4.23 and previous was discovered by Paul Starzetz. This flaw may be used to allow a local attacker to obtain root privilege. Another minor information leak in the RTC real time clock routines was fixed as well. All Mandrake Linux...

CVE-2003-0984: Undefined Security Weakness

Real time clock RTC routines in Linux kernel 2.4.23 and earlier do not properly initialize their structures, which could leak kernel data to user space...