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CVE-2007-6694

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
Publication date:
29/01/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.80
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.3:pre3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.9_pre5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.21:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.21:pre4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.21:pre7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.22:pre10:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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