PT-2007-1479 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1
Published
2007-05-14
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Updated
2017-10-11
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CVE-2006-7203
CVSS v2.0
4.0
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.21
Description
The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service by mounting a smbfs file system in compatibility mode. This is due to a NULL pointer dereference and oops in the compat sys mount function in fs/compat.c.
Recommendations
For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.21, update to version 2.6.21 or later to resolve the issue.
Exploit
Fix
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Affected Products
Linux Kernel
Red Hat