CVE-2007-3107
The signal handling in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22, including 2.6.2, when running on PowerPC systems using HTX, allows local users to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors involving floating point corruption and concurrency, related to…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The signal handling in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22, including 2.6.2, when running on PowerPC systems using HTX, allows local users to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors involving floating point corruption and concurrency, related to clearing of MSR bits.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 33th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=245580
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22
- http://osvdb.org/37118
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25955Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25963Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26664Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27227Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28706Vendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_51_kernel.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0595.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24845
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018347Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35383
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9936
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=245580
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22
- http://osvdb.org/37118
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25955Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25963Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26664Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27227Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28706Vendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_51_kernel.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0595.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24845
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018347Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.