Linux Kernel 2.0.37 - Segment Limit Privilege Escalation

Linux Kernel 2.0.37 - Segment Limit Privilege Escalation / source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/523/info This vulnerability has to do with the division of the address space between a user process and the kernel. Because of a bug, if you select a non-standard memory configuration, sometimes...

Linux Kernel 2.0.37 - Segment Limit Privilege Escalation

/ source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/523/info This vulnerability has to do with the division of the address space between a user process and the kernel. Because of a bug, if you select a non-standard memory configuration, sometimes user level processes may be given access upto 252Mb of...