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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-6716
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2007-6716

Description:
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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1

SUSE
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00000.html
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA32023
  Secunia Advisory: SA32393
  Secunia Advisory: SA32799
  Secunia Advisory: SA32759
  Secunia Advisory: SA32103
  Secunia Advisory: SA32237
  Secunia Advisory: SA32356
  Secunia Advisory: SA32370

REDHAT
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html

OVAL
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10053

MLIST
  http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/1
  http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/30/448

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653

CONFIRM
  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23
  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=848c4dd5153c7a0de55470ce99a8e13a63b4703f

BID
  31515


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