CVE-2007-2878 Information

Description

The VFAT compat ioctls in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21.2 when run on a 64-bit system allow local users to corrupt a kernel_dirent struct and cause a denial of service (system crash) via unknown vectors.

Reference

http://osvdb.org/35926 http://secunia.com/advisories/25505 http://secunia.com/advisories/26133 http://secunia.com/advisories/26139 http://secunia.com/advisories/26760 http://secunia.com/advisories/27436 http://secunia.com/advisories/27747 http://secunia.com/advisories/28626 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-474.htm http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1479 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21.2 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0705.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0939.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24134 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2023 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34669 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A11674