Vulnerability CVE-2007-6712
Published: 2008-04-12   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.9/10
6.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Kernel -> Linux kernel 

 References:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/chris/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=13788ccc41ceea5893f9c747c59bc0b28f2416c2
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1588
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0275.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29294
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41827
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9210
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