Bug 214186 (CVE-2007-3739)

Summary:	mm/mmap.c bug in the hugetlb kernel on PPC (CVE-2007-3739)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	unnamedrambler
Component:	Kernel	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	chainsaw, kernel
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	PPC
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1378
Whiteboard:	[linux < 2.6.16.56][linux < 2.6.19.3][linux < 2.6.20][genpatches < 2.6.20-1]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description unnamedrambler 2008-03-21 23:28:32 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #194075 +++

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
  memory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS)
  via unspecified vectors.