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.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)