Description
mm/mmap.c in the hugetlb kernel, when run on PowerPC systems, does not prevent stack expansion from entering into reserved kernel page memory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via unspecified vectors.
References (19)
Core 19
Core References
Various Sources mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/29/180
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27747
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11455
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1049.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27913
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=253313
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0939.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26978
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-474.htm
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36592
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-518-1
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26760
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0705.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26955
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29058
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27436
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1378
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23955
Scores
EPSS
0.0037
EPSS Percentile
29.8%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
CWE-399
Status
published
Products (1)
redhat/enterprise_linux
5.0 (2 CPE variants)
Published
Sep 14, 2007
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026