CVE-2007-3107: Linux Kernel

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 2.6.21.7; version 2.6.0 only; version 2.6.1 only; version 2.6.2 only; version 2.6.10 only; version 2.6.11 only; …

Published 2007-07-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.