PT-2007-7273

CVE-2007-6417

Published

2007-12-18

Updated

2018-10-30

Description by

CVSS 2.0

7.2

High

MetricsAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions 2.6.11 through 2.6.23

Description The issue is related to the shmem getpage function in the Linux kernel, which does not properly clear allocated memory in certain rare circumstances involving tmpfs. This could potentially allow local users to read sensitive kernel data or cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions 2.6.11 through 2.6.23, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploitability

Fix

Impacts

Researchers

Hugh Dickins

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Related identifiers