CVE-2007-2875

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-189 Numeric Errors

Publication date:

11/06/2007

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

Integer underflow in the cpuset_tasks_read function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.20.13, and 2.6.21.x before 2.6.21.4, when the cpuset filesystem is mounted, allows local users to obtain kernel memory contents by using a large offset when reading the /dev/cpuset/tasks file.

Impact

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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

Base Score 2.0

2.10

Severity 2.0

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		2.6.20.13 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	2.6.21 (including)	2.6.21.4 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:::::::*

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CVE-2007-2875

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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