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Bug 214186 (CVE-2007-3739) - mm/mmap.c bug in the hugetlb kernel on PPC (CVE-2007-3739)
Summary: mm/mmap.c bug in the hugetlb kernel on PPC (CVE-2007-3739)
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2007-3739
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware: PPC Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/d...
Whiteboard: [linux < 2.6.16.56][linux < 2.6.19.3]...
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Reported: 2008-03-21 23:28 UTC by unnamedrambler
Modified: 2013-09-05 03:00 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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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.