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CVE-2007-4133
The (1) hugetlb_vmtruncate_list and (2) hugetlb_vmtruncate functions in fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19-rc4 perform…
Medium4.7EPSS 0.38%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
The (1) hugetlb_vmtruncate_list and (2) hugetlb_vmtruncate functions in fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19-rc4 perform certain prio_tree calculations using HPAGE_SIZE instead of PAGE_SIZE units, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
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 (8 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
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (18)
- RHSA-2007:0940 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.19-rc4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 27322 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26994 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1504 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:216 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- USN-558-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-1381 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:105 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://tree.celinuxforum.org/gitstat/commit-detail.php?commit=856fc29505556cf263f3dcda2533cf3766c14ab6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 25904 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 29058 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28971 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28170 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- kernel-hugetlbfs-dos(36925) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- USN-578-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10451 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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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