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Status published
Medium
CVE-2007-6716
fs/direct-io.c in the dio subsystem in the Linux kernel before...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32393
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32237
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10053
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=848c4dd5153c7a0de55470ce99a8e13a63b4703f
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/1
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/30/448
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32103
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32356
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32023
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32370
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461082
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32799
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31515
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
linux kernel, ubuntu linux, debian linux, linux desktop, opensuse, suse linux enterprise desktop, suse linux enterprise server
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, 4.0, 9, 10.3, 10
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 4th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.