National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-4133

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (10/18/2007)

This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: BID

Name: 25904

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25904

External Source: XF

Name: kernel-hugetlbfs-dos(36925)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/36925

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2007:0940

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0940.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2007:216

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:216

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.19-rc4

Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.19-rc4

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1381

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1381

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://tree.celinuxforum.org/gitstat/commit-detail.php?commit=856fc29505556cf263f3dcda2533cf3766c14ab6

Hyperlink:http://tree.celinuxforum.org/gitstat/commit-detail.php?commit=856fc29505556cf263f3dcda2533cf3766c14ab6

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27322

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27322

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26994

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26994

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10451

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10451

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-578-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-558-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-558-1

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:105

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:105

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:008

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:008

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1504

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29058

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29058

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28971

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28971

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28170

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28170

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10451

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10451