CVE-2007-5501

Linux Kernel - Resource Management Error

Title source: rule

Description

The tcp_sacktag_write_queue function in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.21 through 2.6.23.7, and 2.6.24-rc through 2.6.24-rc2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted ACK responses that trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

References (24)

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.24-rc3

[Issue Tracking] https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1965

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=96a2d41a3e495734b63bff4e5dd0112741b93b38

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00002.html

[Various Sources] http://lwn.net/Articles/258947/

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/27664

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/27703

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/27888

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/27919

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/27922

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/28170

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/28706

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/29245

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.8

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:044

[Patch] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26474

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-558-1

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3902

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00032.html

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Scores

EPSS 0.0748

EPSS Percentile 91.6%

Classification

CWE

CWE-399

Status draft

Affected Products (50)

linux/linux_kernel

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linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

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Timeline

Published Nov 15, 2007

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026