Medium severity · published Sep 4, 2008
CVE-2007-6716
fs/direct-io.c in the dio subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23 does not properly zero out the dio struct, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS), as…
5.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
fs/direct-io.c in the dio subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23 does not properly zero out the dio struct, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS), as demonstrated by a certain fio test.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 2.6.23 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
4.0 · source: NVD
LD
Linux Desktop · Novell
9 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
10.3 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop · Suse
10 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
10; 10 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
6.06; 7.10; 8.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6716
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6716
git.kernel.org
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=848c4dd5153c7a0de55470ce99a8e13a63b4703f
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00000.html
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