Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2007-2525

Memory leak in the PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) socket implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21-git8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by creating a socket using connect, and releasing it before the PPPIOCGCHAN ioctl is initialized.

EPSS: 0.004 (33.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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