Candidate: CVE-2004-1070
References: 
 MISC:http://www.isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0017-binfmt_elf.txt
 FEDORA:FLSA:2336
 URL:https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2336
 MANDRAKE:MDKSA-2005:022
 URL:http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:022
 REDHAT:RHSA-2004:549
 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-549.html
 XF:linux-elf-setuid-gain-privileges(18025)
 URL:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/18025
Description: 
 The load_elf_binary function in the binfmt_elf loader (binfmt_elf.c) in Linux
 kernel 2.4.x up to 2.4.27, and 2.6.x up to 2.6.8 , does not properly check
 return values from calls to the kernel_read function, which may allow local
 users to modify sensitive memory in a setuid program and execute arbitrary
 code.
Notes: 
Bugs: 
upstream: 
linux-2.6: 
2.6.8-sarge-security: released (2.6.8-9) [elf-loader-fixes.dpatch, elf-loader-fixes-the-return.dpatch]
2.4.27-sarge-security: released (2.4.27-6) [097-elf_loader_overflow-1.diff, 097-elf_loader_overflow-2.diff, 097-elf_loader_overflow-3.diff, 097-elf_loader_overflow-4.diff]
2.4.19-woody-security: released (2.4.19-4.woody3)
2.4.18-woody-security: released (2.4.18-14.4)
2.4.17-woody-security: released (2.4.17-1woody4)
2.4.16-woody-security: released (2.4.16-1woody3)
2.4.17-woody-security-hppa: released (32.5)
2.4.17-woody-security-ia64: released (011226.18)
2.4.18-woody-security-hppa: released (62.4)