CVEvulnerability
CVE-2007-2875
2.1 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2007-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-189
Description
Integer underflow in the cpuset_tasks_read function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.20.13, and 2.6.21.x before 2.6.21.4, when the cpuset filesystem is mounted, allows local users to obtain kernel memory contents by using a large offset when reading the /dev/cpuset/tasks file.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.20.13)
• linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.21 < 2.6.21.4)
• debian debian linux 3.1
• canonical ubuntu linux 6.06
• canonical ubuntu linux 6.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 7.04
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.13 Vendor Advisory
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21.4 Vendor Advisory
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=541 Broken Link
- http://osvdb.org/37113 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26133 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26139 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26620 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26647 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26760 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27227 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1363 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0705.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24389 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018211 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2105 Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34779 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9251 Third Party Advisory
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.13 Vendor Advisory
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21.4 Vendor Advisory
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=541 Broken Link
- http://osvdb.org/37113 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26133 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26139 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26620 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26647 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26760 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27227 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1363 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0705.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24389 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018211 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2105 Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34779 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9251 Third Party Advisory