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CVE-2007-3739
mm/mmap.c in the hugetlb kernel, when run on PowerPC systems, does not prevent stack expansion from entering into reserved kernel page…
Medium4.7EPSS 0.38%
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- Updated
- Reserved
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.7 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 68% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (19)
- [lkml] 20070129 [PATCH] Don't allow the stack to grow into hugetlb reserved regions (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 27747 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11455 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:1049 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 27913 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=253313 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0939 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 26978 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1504 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-474.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- kernel-stack-expansion-dos(36592) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- USN-518-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 26760 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0705 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 26955 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29058 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27436 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1378 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 23955 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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