CVE-2007-4130
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 - Denial of Service via set_mempolicy MPOL_BIND Operation
Title source: llmDescription
The Linux kernel 2.6.9 before 2.6.9-67 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 on Itanium (ia64) does not properly handle page faults during NUMA memory access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via invalid arguments to set_mempolicy in an MPOL_BIND operation.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11437
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27556
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28748
Exploit x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=179665
Patch vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0055.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0047
EPSS Percentile
37.4%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (2)
redhat/enterprise_linux
4.0 (3 CPE variants)
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
4
Published
Feb 05, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026