CVE-2007-6712

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CVE-2007-6712

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CVE-2007-6712 at MITRE

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.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	4.9
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 379575 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SA:2008:030, published Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 16:51:42 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:24:14 2023