CVE-2007-6716Kernel vulnerability

6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 85.15%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 4
Latest updateMay 1

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

Also affects: Debian Linux 4.0, Ubuntu Linux 6.06, 7.10, 8.04

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-553j-q6pg-m594: fs/direct-io2022-05-01
CVEList
CVE-2007-6716: fs/direct-io2008-09-04

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2008-10-27
Red Hat
kernel: dio: zero struct dio with kzalloc instead of manually2007-07-26

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2007-6716 kernel: dio: zero struct dio with kzalloc instead of manually2008-09-04