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.
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/29/180
http://secunia.com/advisories/23955
http://secunia.com/advisories/26760
http://secunia.com/advisories/26955
http://secunia.com/advisories/26978
http://secunia.com/advisories/27436
http://secunia.com/advisories/27747
http://secunia.com/advisories/27913
http://secunia.com/advisories/29058
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-474.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1378
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0705.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0939.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1049.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-518-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=253313
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36592
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11455
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ID | Name | Product | Family | Severity |
---|---|---|---|---|
67609 | Oracle Linux 3 : kernel (ELSA-2007-1049) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | medium |
67580 | Oracle Linux 4 : kernel (ELSA-2007-0939) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | medium |
67543 | Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2007-0705) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | medium |
60321 | Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL3.x i386/x86_64 | Nessus | Scientific Linux Local Security Checks | medium |
60280 | Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL4.x i386/x86_64 | Nessus | Scientific Linux Local Security Checks | medium |
43648 | CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2007:0705) | Nessus | CentOS Local Security Checks | medium |
37953 | CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2007:0939) | Nessus | CentOS Local Security Checks | medium |
31148 | Debian DSA-1504-1 : kernel-source-2.6.8 - several vulnerabilities | Nessus | Debian Local Security Checks | high |
29203 | RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2007:1049) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | medium |
29190 | CentOS 3 : kernel (CESA-2007:1049) | Nessus | CentOS Local Security Checks | medium |
28123 | Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 : linux-source-2.6.15, linux-source-2.6.17, linux-source-2.6.20 vulnerabilities (USN-518-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
27616 | RHEL 4 : kernel (RHSA-2007:0939) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | medium |
26208 | Debian DSA-1378-2 : linux-2.6 - several vulnerabilities | Nessus | Debian Local Security Checks | high |
26050 | RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2007:0705) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | medium |
801441 | CentOS RHSA-2007-1049 Security Check | Log Correlation Engine | Generic | high |
801439 | CentOS RHSA-2007-0939 Security Check | Log Correlation Engine | Generic | high |
801434 | CentOS RHSA-2007-0705 Security Check | Log Correlation Engine | Generic | high |