CVE-2007-3104

Linux Kernel 2.6 - Denial of Service via sysfs_readdir Null Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm

Description

The sysfs_readdir function in the Linux kernel 2.6, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4.5 and other distributions, allows users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by dereferencing a null pointer to an inode in a dentry.

References (21)

Core 21

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0089.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-509-1

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018289

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/26643

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/28643

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11233

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/26651

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/26289

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/25838

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24631

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1428

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/27912

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/25771

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/28033

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb

http://osvdb.org/37115

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00001.html

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-287.htm

Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=242558

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-508-1

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0488.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0043

EPSS Percentile 35.3%

Details

CWE

CWE-399

Status published

Products (1)

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.0

Published Jun 26, 2007

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026