CVE-2007-2875

CVE Details

Release Date:	2007-06-11
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

Integer underflow in the cpuset_tasks_read function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.20.13, and 2.6.21.x before 2.6.21.4, when the cpuset filesystem is mounted, allows local users to obtain kernel memory contents by using a large offset when reading the /dev/cpuset/tasks file.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	2.1
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2007-0705	2007-09-14
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-8.1.10.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2007-0705	2007-09-14
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-8.1.10.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2007-0705	2007-09-14