CVE-2007-6716
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2007-6716 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-09-04 17:41:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-11-07 02:01:00 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 6.06 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 7.10 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 8.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 6.06 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 7.10 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 8.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 4.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Linux | Linux Kernel | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Linux | Linux Kernel | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Novell | Linux Desktop | 9 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Novell | Linux Desktop | 9 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Opensuse | Opensuse | 10.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Opensuse | Opensuse | 10.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop | 10 | sp2 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop | 10 | sp2 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Suse Linux Enterprise Server | 10 | sp1 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Suse Linux Enterprise Server | 10 | sp2 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Suse Linux Enterprise Server | 10 | sp1 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Suse Linux Enterprise Server | 10 | sp2 | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:025 | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Broken Link |
| SUSE update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Broken Link |
| Ubuntu update for linux - Secunia.com | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Broken Link |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Kernel (SUSE-SA:2008:056 | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | REDHAT | rhn.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Bug 461082 – CVE-2007-6716 kernel: dio: zero struct dio with kzalloc instead of manually | CONFIRM | bugzilla.redhat.com | Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:220 | Mandriva | MANDRIVA | www.mandriva.com | Broken Link |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1653-1 linux-2.6 | DEBIAN | www.debian.org | Third Party Advisory |
| 404: File not found | CONFIRM | www.kernel.org | Broken Link |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Repository / Oval Repository | OVAL | oval.cisecurity.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Broken Link |
| Support | REDHAT | www.redhat.com | Broken Link |
| kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree | git.kernel.org | ||
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Security Advisory SA32103 - SUSE update for kernel - Secunia | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Broken Link |
| USN-659-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | UBUNTU | www.ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory |
| kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree | CONFIRM | git.kernel.org | Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| oss-security - CVE request: kernel: dio: zero struct dio with kzalloc instead of manually | MLIST | www.openwall.com | Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Debian update for linux-2.6 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Broken Link |
| Linux kernel 'fs/direct-io.c' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability | BID | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| LKML: Joe Jin: Re: [PATCH] add check do_direct_IO() return val | MLIST | lkml.org | Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Broken Link |
| SUSE update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Broken Link |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.