CVE-2007-6712

Integer overflow in the hrtimer_forward function (hrtimer.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.21-rc4, when running on 64-bit systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a timer with a large expiry value, which causes the timer to always be expired.
References
Link Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/chris/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=13788ccc41ceea5893f9c747c59bc0b28f2416c2
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30294
http://secunia.com/advisories/30368
http://secunia.com/advisories/30818
http://secunia.com/advisories/31107
http://secunia.com/advisories/31628
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1588
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0275.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29294
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41827
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9210
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/chris/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=13788ccc41ceea5893f9c747c59bc0b28f2416c2
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30294
http://secunia.com/advisories/30368
http://secunia.com/advisories/30818
http://secunia.com/advisories/31107
http://secunia.com/advisories/31628
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1588
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0275.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29294
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41827
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9210
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:kernel:linux_kernel:2.6.21_rc4:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 00:40

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/chris/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=13788ccc41ceea5893f9c747c59bc0b28f2416c2 - () http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/chris/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=13788ccc41ceea5893f9c747c59bc0b28f2416c2 -
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html - () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html -
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/30294 - () http://secunia.com/advisories/30294 -
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/30368 - () http://secunia.com/advisories/30368 -
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/30818 - () http://secunia.com/advisories/30818 -
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/31107 - () http://secunia.com/advisories/31107 -
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/31628 - () http://secunia.com/advisories/31628 -
References () http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1588 - () http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1588 -
References () http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0275.html - () http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0275.html -
References () http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html - () http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html -
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29294 - () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29294 -
References () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1 - () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1 -
References () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41827 - () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41827 -
References () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9210 - () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9210 -

07 Nov 2023, 02:01

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/chris/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=13788ccc41ceea5893f9c747c59bc0b28f2416c2', 'name': 'http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/chris/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=13788ccc41ceea5893f9c747c59bc0b28f2416c2', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'CONFIRM'}
  • () http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/chris/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=13788ccc41ceea5893f9c747c59bc0b28f2416c2 -

Information

Published : 2008-04-12 19:05

Updated : 2024-11-21 00:40


NVD link : CVE-2007-6712

Mitre link : CVE-2007-6712

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2007-6712


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Products Affected

kernel

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-189

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