Contents of /retired/CVE-2004-1191

Candidate: CVE-2004-1191
Description:
 Race condition in SuSE Linux 8.1 through 9.2, when run on SMP systems that have more
 than 4GB of memory, could allow local users to read unauthorized memory from
 "foreign memory pages."
References:
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1191
 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_42_kernel.html
 http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/?PAGE=cset&REV=416e0015fxUJlgXuh_QC32U-2R9eKw
Notes:
 - i've found the original bug report and bitkeeper patch (see above link)
 - i have checked that the bitkeeper patch is indeed present in etch's 2.6.18
 - as of 2.6.26, pgtable.h has been completely rewritten, so it is not affected
Bugs: 300163
upstream: released (sometime before 2.6.18)
linux-2.6: N/A "pgtable.h completely rewritten"
2.6.18-etch-security: N/A "fixed before 2.6.18"
2.6.24-etch-security: N/A "fixed before 2.6.18"
2.6.26-lenny-security: N/A "pgtable.h completely rewritten"
1	Candidate: CVE-2004-1191
2	Description:
3	Race condition in SuSE Linux 8.1 through 9.2, when run on SMP systems that have more
4	than 4GB of memory, could allow local users to read unauthorized memory from
5	"foreign memory pages."
6	References:
7	http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1191
8	http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_42_kernel.html
9	http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/?PAGE=cset&REV=416e0015fxUJlgXuh_QC32U-2R9eKw
10	Notes:
11	- i've found the original bug report and bitkeeper patch (see above link)
12	- i have checked that the bitkeeper patch is indeed present in etch's 2.6.18
13	- as of 2.6.26, pgtable.h has been completely rewritten, so it is not affected
14	Bugs: 300163
15	upstream: released (sometime before 2.6.18)
16	linux-2.6: N/A "pgtable.h completely rewritten"
17	2.6.18-etch-security: N/A "fixed before 2.6.18"
18	2.6.24-etch-security: N/A "fixed before 2.6.18"
19	2.6.26-lenny-security: N/A "pgtable.h completely rewritten"