[CVE-2007-6694] local DoS vulnerability on powerpc platform
Bug #227315 reported by
disabled.user
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Kees Cook | ||
Dapper |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.15
Quoting CVE-2007-6694:
"The chrp_show_cpuinfo function (chrp/setup.c) in Linux kernel 2.4.21 through 2.6.18-53, when running on PowerPC, might allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors that cause the of_get_property function to fail, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. "
CVE References
Changed in linux-source-2.6.15: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
assignee: | nobody → kees |
status: | New → In Progress |
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This doesn't appear to actually be a security issue, but is getting
fixed shortly anyway since it has a nearly trivial solution.