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Linux Kernel CHRP Denial of Service Security Issue Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA28696  
Release Date: 2008-02-01

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Unpatched

OS:Linux Kernel 2.6.x


CVE reference:CVE-2007-6694 (Secunia mirror)

This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
- Companies can be alerted when a patch is released!


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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