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high 7.2

CVE-2007-4130 json

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 N…

published 2008-02-04 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-4114

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • kernel RHEL 4 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL
  • kernel-smp RHEL 4 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL
  • kernel-xenU RHEL 4 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL
  • kernel-hugemem RHEL 4 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL
  • kernel-largesmp RHEL 4 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0055

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-4130 updated

panic caused by set_mempolicy with MPOL_BIND

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 kernel 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 kernel 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 kernel 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 kernel 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0055

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Exploit prediction

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=179665 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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