CVE-2007-6417 (GCVE-0-2007-6417)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-12-18 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 16:02
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The shmem_getpage function (mm/shmem.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.11 through 2.6.23 does not properly clear allocated memory in some rare circumstances related to tmpfs, which might allow local users to read sensitive kernel data or cause a denial of service (crash).
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
18 references
Date Public
2007-11-28 00:00
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Nomenclature
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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