security flaw
Published Jul 10, 2007
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.39%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.6.21.7
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.10
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11.1
- 2.6.11.2
- 2.6.11.3
- 2.6.11.4
- 2.6.11.5
- 2.6.11.6
- 2.6.11.7
- 2.6.11.8
- 2.6.11.9
- 2.6.11.10
- 2.6.11.11
- 2.6.11.12
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.12.1
- 2.6.12.2
- 2.6.12.3
- 2.6.12.4
- 2.6.12.5
- 2.6.12.6
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13.1
- 2.6.13.2
- 2.6.13.3
- 2.6.13.4
- 2.6.13.5
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14.1
- 2.6.14.2
- 2.6.14.3
- 2.6.14.4
- 2.6.14.5
- 2.6.14.6
- 2.6.14.7
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15.1
- 2.6.15.2
- 2.6.15.3
- 2.6.15.4
- 2.6.15.5
- 2.6.15.6
- 2.6.15.7
- 2.6.16
- 2.6.16.1
- 2.6.16.2
- 2.6.16.3
- 2.6.16.4
- 2.6.16.5
- 2.6.16.6
- 2.6.16.7
- 2.6.16.8
- 2.6.16.9
- 2.6.16.10
- 2.6.16.11
- 2.6.16.12
- 2.6.16.13
- 2.6.16.14
- 2.6.16.15
- 2.6.16.16
- 2.6.16.17
- 2.6.16.18
- 2.6.16.19
- 2.6.16.20
- 2.6.16.21
- 2.6.16.22
- 2.6.16.23
- 2.6.16.24
- 2.6.16.25
- 2.6.16.26
- 2.6.16.27
- 2.6.16.28
- 2.6.16.29
- 2.6.16.30
- 2.6.16.31
- 2.6.16.32
- 2.6.16.33
- 2.6.16.34
- 2.6.16.35
- 2.6.16.36
- 2.6.16.37
- 2.6.16.38
- 2.6.16.39
- 2.6.16.40
- 2.6.16.41
- 2.6.16.42
- 2.6.16.43
- 2.6.16.44
- 2.6.16.45
- 2.6.16.46
- 2.6.16.47
- 2.6.16.48
- 2.6.16.49
- 2.6.16.50
- 2.6.16.51
- 2.6.16.52
- 2.6.16.53
- 2.6.16.54
- 2.6.16.55
- 2.6.16.56
- 2.6.16.57
- 2.6.16.58
- 2.6.16.59
- 2.6.16.60
- 2.6.16.61
- 2.6.16.62
- 2.6.17
- 2.6.17.1
- 2.6.17.2
- 2.6.17.3
- 2.6.17.4
- 2.6.17.5
- 2.6.17.6
- 2.6.17.7
- 2.6.17.8
- 2.6.17.9
- 2.6.17.10
- 2.6.17.11
- 2.6.17.12
- 2.6.17.13
- 2.6.17.14
- 2.6.18
- 2.6.18.1
- 2.6.18.2
- 2.6.18.3
- 2.6.18.4
- 2.6.18.5
- 2.6.18.6
- 2.6.18.7
- 2.6.18.8
- 2.6.19
- 2.6.19.1
- 2.6.19.2
- 2.6.19.3
- 2.6.19.4
- 2.6.19.5
- 2.6.19.6
- 2.6.19.7
- 2.6.20
- 2.6.20.1
- 2.6.20.2
- 2.6.20.3
- 2.6.20.4
- 2.6.20.5
- 2.6.20.6
- 2.6.20.7
- 2.6.20.8
- 2.6.20.9
- 2.6.20.10
- 2.6.20.11
- 2.6.20.12
- 2.6.20.13
- 2.6.20.14
- 2.6.20.15
- 2.6.20.16
- 2.6.20.17
- 2.6.20.18
- 2.6.20.19
- 2.6.20.20
- 2.6.20.21
- 2.6.21
- 2.6.21.1
- 2.6.21.2
- 2.6.21.3
- 2.6.21.4
- 2.6.21.5
- 2.6.21.6
- 2.6.22.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kernel-0:2.6.18-8.1.8.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0595
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-0:2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0595 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00391) | 30.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00391) | 30.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.08% (0.00081) | 21.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 28.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (20)
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=245580 x_refsource_MISC
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://osvdb.org/37118 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25955 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25963 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26664 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27227 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28706 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_51_kernel.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0595.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24845 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018347 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKVendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-3107 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618313 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35383 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3107
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9936 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3107
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.