CVE-2006-7203 Information

Description

The compat_sys_mount function in fs/compat.c in Linux kernel 2.6.20 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and oops) by mounting a smbfs file system in compatibility mode (\mount -t smbfs).

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=822191a2fa1584a29c3224ab328507adcaeac1ab http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0488.html http://secunia.com/advisories/25682 http://secunia.com/advisories/25683 http://secunia.com/advisories/25700 http://secunia.com/advisories/25838 http://secunia.com/advisories/25961 http://secunia.com/advisories/26133 http://secunia.com/advisories/26139 http://secunia.com/advisories/26289 http://secunia.com/advisories/26620 http://secunia.com/advisories/29058 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-287.htm http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_43_kernel.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2209 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10941 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0376.html