Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 30, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-5494
CVE-2007-5494
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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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 4, 5
- Range: 4, 5
Patches
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References
10- secunia.com/advisories/27824nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28162nvdVendor Advisory
- osvdb.org/44153nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0993.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1104.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26657nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38823nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10884nvd
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