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title: CVE-2004-1191
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
  desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.
url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-1191
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# CVE-2004-1191

Publication date 10 January 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Race condition in SuSE Linux 8.1 through 9.2, when run on SMP systems that
have more than 4GB of memory, could allow local users to read unauthorized
memory from "foreign memory pages."

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| kernel-source-2.4.27 | 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2.4.27-12 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.4.27-12 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1191)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1191)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2004-1191)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1191)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-1191>