CVE-2007-6716 (GCVE-0-2007-6716)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-04 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 16:18
VLAI
Summary
fs/direct-io.c in the dio subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23 does not properly zero out the dio struct, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS), as demonstrated by a certain fio test.
CWE
  • n/a
References
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Date Public
2007-07-31 00:00
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