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Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern sysv_shm.c


From: Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai <asmodai@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 08:39:03 +0100

-On [20040205 20:02], David Rhodus (drhodus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
>    Modified files:
>      sys/kern             sysv_shm.c
>    Log:
>    Correct a reference counting bug in shmat(2).  If vm_map_find(9)
>    failed, the reference count for the virtual memory object referenced
>    by the specified shared memory segment would have been erroneously
>    incremented.

Just to make it clear:

this can allow local users to elevate their privileges.

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