CVE-2007-6716
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
fs/direct-io.c in the dio subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23 does not properly zero out the dio struct, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS), as demonstrated by a certain fio test.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=848c4dd5153c7a0de55470ce99a8e13a63b4703f
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00000.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.htmlAdvisory
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/30/448Advisory