CVE-2007-6694

CVE Details

Release Date:

2008-01-29

Description

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.

See more information about CVE-2007-6694 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:	7.8	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2008-0055	2008-02-01
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2008-0055	2008-02-01
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2008-0055	2008-02-01
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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