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CVE-2007-6712

Published: Apr 12, 2008

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

vendor-advisory

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http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/chris/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=13788ccc41ceea5893f9c747c59bc0b28f2416c2

x_refsource_CONFIRM

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9210

vdb-entry

signature

x_refsource_OVAL

linux-kernel-hrtimerforward-dos(41827)

vdb-entry

x_refsource_XF

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

SUSE-SA:2008:030

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

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