CVE-2007-3107

Linux Kernel < 2.6.21.7 - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

Description

The signal handling in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22, including 2.6.2, when running on PowerPC systems using HTX, allows local users to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors involving floating point corruption and concurrency, related to clearing of MSR bits.

References (16)

[Issue Tracking] http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=245580

[Various Sources] http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://osvdb.org/37118

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/25955

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/25963

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/26664

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/27227

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/28706

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0595.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24845

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018347

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35383

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_51_kernel.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9936

Scores

EPSS 0.0009

EPSS Percentile 25.1%

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (50)

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.21.7

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Timeline

Published Jul 10, 2007

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026