CVE-2007-5938

CVE Details

Release Date:

2007-12-06

Description

The iwl_set_rate function in compatible/iwl3945-base.c in iwlwifi 1.1.21 and earlier dereferences an iwl_get_hw_mode return value without checking for NULL, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via unspecified vectors during module initialization.

See more information about CVE-2007-5938 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2008-0154	2008-03-06
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.14.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2008-0154	2008-03-06
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.14.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2008-0154	2008-03-06

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