CVE-2007-5494

N/A Unknown
Published: November 30, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Memory leak in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of open requests involving O_ATOMICLOOKUP.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/44153
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/27824
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28162
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26657
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://osvdb.org/44153
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/27824
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28162
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0993.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1104.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26657
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019017
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=315051
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38823
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.4%
31th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

redhat