CVEs-PoC/2005/CVE-2005-0179.md

### [CVE-2005-0179](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0179)
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### Description

Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) and bypass RLIM_MEMLOCK limits via the mlockall call.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9890

#### Github
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