CVE-2007-4133

CVE Details

Release Date:

2007-10-04

Description

The (1) hugetlb_vmtruncate_list and (2) hugetlb_vmtruncate functions in fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19-rc4 perform certain prio_tree calculations using HPAGE_SIZE instead of PAGE_SIZE units, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors.

See more information about CVE-2007-4133 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.7	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2007-0940	2007-10-23
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-8.1.15.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2007-0940	2007-10-23
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-8.1.15.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2007-0940	2007-10-23

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