CVE-2007-6716

Summary

CVECVE-2007-6716
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-09-04 17:41:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:01:00 UTC
Descriptionfs/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)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[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
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