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Linux Kernel CHRP Denial of Service Security Issue
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA28696
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Release Date:
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2008-02-01
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| OS: | Linux Kernel 2.6.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2007-6694 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
A security issue has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The security is caused due to a NULL pointer dereference in arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/setup.c, which can be exploited to crash a vulnerable system.
Successful exploitation requires certain PowerPC hardware.
Solution:
Restrict access to trusted users only.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Cyrill Gorcunov
Original Advisory:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396751
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