CVE-2005-0179

CVE-2005-0179 affects the Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service (CPU/memory exhaustion) and bypass RLIM_MEMLOCK via mlockall. Connected advisories (RHSA-2005:663, CentOS/CESA-2005:663) document kernel updates that fix this and related flaws; remediation ...