CVE-2007-3739

N/A
Published: September 14, 2007 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:42 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEnterprise Linux· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

apple-powerpc (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

References (19)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/29/180
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/23955
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26760
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/26955
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/26978
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/27436
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/27747
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/27913

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119CWE-399

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