cve-2007-5966
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2007-12-20 00:00
Modified
2024-08-07 15:47
Severity ?
Summary
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
secalert@redhat.comhttp://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.10
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/28088
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/28105Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/28141
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/28706
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/28806
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31628
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/36131
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/37471
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1436
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:112
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485282/100/0/threaded
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26880Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4225
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
secalert@redhat.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2038
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10774
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8125
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