Bug 453135 (CVE-2007-5966) - CVE-2007-5966 kernel: non-root can trigger cpu_idle soft lockup
Summary: CVE-2007-5966 kernel: non-root can trigger cpu_idle soft lockup
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2007-5966
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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URL: http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=C...
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Depends On: 411221 418061 418071 453136 518744 549235
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-06-27 14:33 UTC by Mark J. Cox
Modified: 2021-11-12 19:46 UTC (History)
13 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2010-12-21 17:19:49 UTC

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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2008:0585 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security and bug fix update 2008-08-26 19:56:57 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2009:1193 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security and bug fix update 2009-08-04 13:15:15 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2010:0079 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security and bug fix update 2010-02-02 21:01:07 UTC

Description Mark J. Cox 2008-06-27 14:33:04 UTC 
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2007-5966 to the following vulnerability:

Integer overflow in the hrtimer_start function in kernel/hrtimer.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (panic) via a large relative timeout value.  NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Refences:
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/485282/100/0/threaded
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.10
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2038
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1436
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26880
http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/4225
http://secunia.com/advisories/28105
http://secunia.com/advisories/28088
http://secunia.com/advisories/28141
http://secunia.com/advisories/28706
http://secunia.com/advisories/28806
Comment 6 Eugene Teo (Security Response) 2009-06-11 04:03:59 UTC 
mrg-1 kernel has 5a7780e725d1bb4c3094fcc12f1c5c5faea1e988 fix.
Comment 20 errata-xmlrpc 2009-08-04 13:15:19 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2009:1193 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html
Comment 21 Eugene Teo (Security Response) 2009-08-11 01:48:07 UTC 
More info can be found here:
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2007-5966.html
Comment 24 errata-xmlrpc 2010-02-02 21:01:25 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Z Stream

Via RHSA-2010:0079 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0079.html
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