CVE-2006-7203

CVE Details

Release Date:	2007-05-14
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

The compat_sys_mount function in fs/compat.c in Linux kernel 2.6.20 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and oops) by mounting a smbfs file system in compatibility mode (mount -t smbfs).

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.0
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2007-0488	2007-06-26
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2007-0488	2007-06-26
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2007-0488	2007-06-26
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2007-0376	2007-06-26
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-8.1.6.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2007-0376	2007-06-26
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-8.1.6.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2007-0376	2007-06-26