CVE-2007-4130 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a system panic via invalid arguments to set_mempolicy in the Linux kernel on Itanium systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-4130?
CVE-2007-4130 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 4 Feb 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Linux kernel 2.6.9 before 2.6.9-67 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 on Itanium (ia64) does not properly handle page faults during NUMA memory access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via invalid arguments to set_mempolicy in an MPOL_BIND operation.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4130?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop.
How do I fix CVE-2007-4130?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2007-4130 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4130 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-w57x-j39p-mpp8.