Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11437
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27556
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28748
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=179665
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0055.html
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.