Silly Linux Kernel Bug

[Major Variola (ret)]

At 01:09 AM 12/2/03 -0800, Eric Cordian wrote:
>As reported today on Slashdot, in linux kernels prior to 2.4.23, it is
>possible to map the kernel into user space with brk(), since apparently
no
>one ever bothered to check that the argument passed was in the lower 3
gig
>of the address space.

Question from a BSDer:
Was this bug in the NSA's secure version?