CVE - CVE-2007-6712

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-6712	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Integer overflow in the hrtimer_forward function (hrtimer.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.21-rc4, when running on 64-bit systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a timer with a large expiry value, which causes the timer to always be expired.
References
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BID:29294 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29294 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/chris/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=13788ccc41ceea5893f9c747c59bc0b28f2416c2 DEBIAN:DSA-1588 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1588 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9210 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9210 REDHAT:RHSA-2008:0275 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0275.html REDHAT:RHSA-2008:0585 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html SECUNIA:30294 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/30294 SECUNIA:30368 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/30368 SECUNIA:30818 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/30818 SECUNIA:31107 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31107 SECUNIA:31628 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31628 SUSE:SUSE-SA:2008:030 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html UBUNTU:USN-625-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1 XF:linux-kernel-hrtimerforward-dos(41827) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41827
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20080412	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080412)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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