CVE-2007-6694 Information

Description

The chrp_show_cpuinfo function (chrp/setup.c) in Linux kernel 2.4.21 through 2.6.18-53 when running on PowerPC might allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors that cause the of_get_property function to fail which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119576191029571&w=2 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0055.html http://secunia.com/advisories/28696 http://secunia.com/advisories/28748 http://secunia.com/advisories/29058 http://secunia.com/advisories/29236 http://secunia.com/advisories/30018 http://secunia.com/advisories/30515 http://secunia.com/advisories/30769 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1565 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0154.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27555 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0380 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396751 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A11215 https://usn.ubuntu.com/614-1/