Certain "programming errors" in the msync system call for FreeBSD 5.2.1 and earlier, and 4.10 and earlier, do not properly handle the MS_INVALIDATE operation, which leads to cache consistency problems that allow a local user to prevent certain changes to files from being committed to disk.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2004-0434 Certain "programming errors" in the msync system call for FreeBSD 5.2.1 and earlier, and 4.10 and earlier, do not properly handle the MS_INVALIDATE operation, which leads to cache consistency problems that allow a local user to prevent certain changes to files from being committed to disk.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:17:14.986Z

Reserved: 2004-05-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-0435

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-08-18T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2004-0435

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