CVE-2003-0961

Name	CVE-2003-0961
Description	Integer overflow in the do_brk function for the brk system call in Linux kernel 2.4.22 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-403, DSA-417, DSA-423, DSA-433, DSA-439, DSA-440, DSA-442, DSA-450, DSA-470, DSA-475

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
kernel-image-2.4.16-lart	source	woody	2.4.16-20040204	DSA-439
kernel-image-2.4.16-netwinder	source	woody	2.4.16-20040204	DSA-439
kernel-image-2.4.16-riscpc	source	woody	2.4.16-20040204	DSA-439
kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa	source	woody	32.3	DSA-470
kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64	source	woody	kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64	DSA-423
kernel-image-2.4.17-s390	source	woody	2.4.17-2.woody.3	DSA-442
kernel-image-2.4.18-1-alpha	source	woody	2.4.18-12	DSA-417
kernel-image-2.4.18-1-i386	source	woody	2.4.18-12	DSA-403
kernel-image-2.4.18-hppa	source	woody	62.1	DSA-475
kernel-patch-2.4.16-arm	source	woody	20040204	DSA-439
kernel-patch-2.4.17-apus	source	woody	2.4.17-4	DSA-440
kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips	source	woody	2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody4	DSA-433
kernel-patch-2.4.17-s390	source	woody	0.0.20020816-0.woody.2	DSA-442
kernel-patch-2.4.18-powerpc	source	woody	2.4.18-1woody3	DSA-417
kernel-patch-2.4.19-mips	source	woody	2.4.19-4.woody1	DSA-450
kernel-source-2.4.17	source	woody	2.4.17-4	DSA-440
kernel-source-2.4.18	source	woody	2.4.18-14	DSA-403
kernel-source-2.4.19	source	woody	2.4.19-0.020911.1.woody3	DSA-450
kernel-source-2.4.27	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

Notes

- kernel-source-2.4.27 <not-affected> (Fixed before initial upload; 2.4.23-pre7)