01 Record
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-09-14 01:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 14:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-07-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 828a834128dd3d11141233c233f7f7b009235b1cf37fc3ee9c698a722aa9dd10
05 Affected products
06 References
- lkml.org[lkml] 20070129 [PATCH] Don't allow the stack to grow into hugetlb reserved regionshttp://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/29/180
- secunia.com27747http://secunia.com/advisories/27747
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11455https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11455
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:1049http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1049.html
- secunia.com27913http://secunia.com/advisories/27913
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=253313
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0939http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0939.html
- secunia.com26978http://secunia.com/advisories/26978
- www.debian.orgDSA-1504http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-474.htm
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comkernel-stack-expansion-dos(36592)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36592
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-518-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-518-1
- secunia.com26760http://secunia.com/advisories/26760
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0705http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0705.html
- secunia.com26955http://secunia.com/advisories/26955
- secunia.com29058http://secunia.com/advisories/29058
- secunia.com27436http://secunia.com/advisories/27436
- www.debian.orgDSA-1378http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1378
- secunia.com23955http://secunia.com/advisories/23955