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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-6694

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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2007-6694

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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-614-1

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA28748
  Secunia Advisory: SA29058
  Secunia Advisory: SA29236
  Secunia Advisory: SA28696
  Secunia Advisory: SA30515
  Secunia Advisory: SA30769

REDHAT
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0055.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0154.html

MLIST
  http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119576191029571&w=2

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504

CONFIRM

BID
  27555


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