can anyone decipher the following just curious
The sys_remap_file_pages function in mm/fremap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.24.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to the vm_file structure member, and the mmap_region and do_munmap functions.
> can anyone decipher the following just curious
>
> The sys_remap_file_pages function in mm/fremap.c in the Linux kernel
> before 2.6.24.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service or gain
> privileges via unspecified vectors, related to the vm_file structure
> member, and the mmap_region and do_munmap functions.
Sounds like an exploit relating to XEN or possibly VMware relating to a
local user perfroming file system manipulation and in some way exploiting
a flaw in the memory mapping functions when running under kernels
pre-2.6,24.1 (ie probably a buffer overrun by sticking in a bogus
URL/filepath)