CVE-2007-6716

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 2.6.23 - Denial of Service via Uninitialized dio Struct

Title source: llm

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.

References (25)

Core 25

Core References

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32393

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32237

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html

Third Party Advisory vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10053

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html

Patch x_refsource_confirm

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=848c4dd5153c7a0de55470ce99a8e13a63b4703f

Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/1

Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/30/448

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00000.html

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32103

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32356

Broken Link x_refsource_confirm

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32023

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32759

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32370

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461082

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32799

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31515

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 15.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published

Products (9)

canonical/ubuntu_linux 6.06

canonical/ubuntu_linux 7.10

canonical/ubuntu_linux 8.04

debian/debian_linux 4.0

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.23

novell/linux_desktop 9

opensuse/opensuse 10.3

suse/suse_linux_enterprise_desktop 10 sp2

suse/suse_linux_enterprise_server 10 sp1 (2 CPE variants)

Published Sep 04, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026