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CVE-2007-6712

Published: Apr 12, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6712
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/189.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelKernel2.6.21_rc4 (including)2.6.21_rc4 (including)
MRG for RHEL-5RedHatkernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-74.el5rt*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatkernel-0:2.6.18-53.1.21.el5*
LinuxUbuntuupstream*
Linux-source-2.6.15Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-source-2.6.17Ubuntuedgy*
Linux-source-2.6.17Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-source-2.6.20Ubuntufeisty*
Linux-source-2.6.20Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-source-2.6.22Ubuntugutsy*
Linux-source-2.6.22Ubuntuupstream*

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