CVEvulnerability
CVE-2007-5966
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2007-12-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-189
Description
Integer overflow in the hrtimer_start function in kernel/hrtimer.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (panic) via a large relative timeout value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23.1
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23.2
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23.3
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23.4
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23.5
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23.6
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23.7
• linux linux kernel 2.6.23.9
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.10 kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28088 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28105 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28141 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28706 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28806 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31628 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36131 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 secunia.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1436 www.debian.org
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:112 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485282/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26880 Patch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html www.vmware.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4225 www.vupen.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 www.vupen.com
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2038 issues.rpath.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10774 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8125 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.10 kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28088 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28105 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28141 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28706 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28806 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31628 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36131 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 secunia.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1436 www.debian.org
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:112 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485282/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26880 Patch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html www.vmware.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4225 www.vupen.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 www.vupen.com
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2038 issues.rpath.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10774 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8125 oval.cisecurity.org