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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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References
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0940.html ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.19-rc4 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27322 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26994 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:008 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:216 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-558-1 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1381 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:105 ↗
- http://tree.celinuxforum.org/gitstat/commit-detail.php?commit=856fc29505556cf263f3dcda2533cf3766c14ab6 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25904 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29058 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28971 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28170 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36925 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10451 ↗