CVE-2007-5966

Linux kernel <2.6.23.10 - RCE

Title source: llm

Description

Integer overflow in the hrtimer_start function in kernel/hrtimer.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (panic) via a large relative timeout value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References (24)

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:112

[Issue Tracking] https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2038

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/28105

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html

[Patch] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26880

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

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10774

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8125

[Various Sources] http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.10

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485282/100/0/threaded

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1436

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/28088

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/28141

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/28706

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/28806

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/31628

... and 4 more

Scores

EPSS 0.0009

EPSS Percentile 25.4%

Classification

CWE

CWE-189

Status draft

Affected Products (11)

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

Timeline

Published Dec 20, 2007

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026