CVE-2007-6716
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 4, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 4, 2008
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- SUSE-SA:2008:047vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2008:0885vendor-advisory
- 32393third-party-advisory
- 32237third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2008:0972vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10053vdb-entrysignature
- SUSE-SA:2008:052vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=848c4dd5153c7a0de55470ce99a8e13a63b4703f
- USN-659-1vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20080904 CVE request: kernel: dio: zero struct dio with kzalloc instead of manuallymailing-list
- [linux-kernel] 20070731 Re: [PATCH] add check do_direct_IO() return valmailing-list
- SUSE-SA:2008:056vendor-advisory
- 32103third-party-advisory
- DSA-1653vendor-advisory
- 32356third-party-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23
- 32023third-party-advisory
- 32759third-party-advisory
- MDVSA-2008:220vendor-advisory
- 32370third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2008:051vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461082
- 32799third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2008:025vendor-advisory
- 31515vdb-entry
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