NVD

CVE-2007-6716 Detail

Deferred

This CVE record is not being prioritized for NVD enrichment efforts due to resource or other concerns.

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.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 5.5 MEDIUM

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 4.9 MEDIUM

Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=848c4dd5153c7a0de55470ce99a8e13a63b4703f	CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html	CVE, MITRE	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html	CVE, MITRE	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html	CVE, MITRE	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html	CVE, MITRE	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00000.html	CVE, MITRE	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/30/448	CVE, MITRE	Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32023	CVE, MITRE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32103	CVE, MITRE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32237	CVE, MITRE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32356	CVE, MITRE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32370	CVE, MITRE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32393	CVE, MITRE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32759	CVE, MITRE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32799	CVE, MITRE	Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23	CVE, MITRE	Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220	CVE, MITRE	Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/1	CVE, MITRE	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html	CVE, MITRE	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31515	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461082	CVE, MITRE	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10053	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information	NIST

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Change History

7 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 7:40:50 PM

Action	Type	New Value
Added	Reference	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=848c4dd5153c7a0de55470ce99a8e13a63b4703f
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00000.html
Added	Reference	http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/30/448
Added	Reference	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/32023
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/32103
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/32237
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/32356
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/32370
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/32393
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/32799
Added	Reference	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653
Added	Reference	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23
Added	Reference	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220
Added	Reference	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/1
Added	Reference	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31515
Added	Reference	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1
Added	Reference	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461082
Added	Reference	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10053

Modified Analysis by NIST 8/14/2020 11:40:36 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CVSS V3.1		NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Added	CVSS V2		NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Removed	CVSS V2	NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Added	CWE		NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
Removed	CWE	NIST NVD-CWE-Other
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:novell:linux_desktop:9::::::: cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.3::::::: cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp2::::::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:10:sp1::::::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:10:sp2::::::*
Removed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 2048 of 38189 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:1.2.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:1.3.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.2::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.3::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.4::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.5::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.6::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.7::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.8::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.9::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.9.9::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.10::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.11::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.12::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.13::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.14::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.15::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.16::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.17::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.18::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.19::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.20::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.21::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.22::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.23::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.24::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.25::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.26::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.27::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.28::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.29::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.30::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.31::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.32::::::: *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.33:
Changed	Reference Type	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=848c4dd5153c7a0de55470ce99a8e13a63b4703f No Types Assigned	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=848c4dd5153c7a0de55470ce99a8e13a63b4703f Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00000.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/30/448 No Types Assigned	http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/30/448 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html No Types Assigned	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32023 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32023 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32103 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32103 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32237 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32237 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32356 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32356 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32370 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32370 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32393 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32393 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32759 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32759 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32799 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32799 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23 No Types Assigned	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220 No Types Assigned	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/1 No Types Assigned	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html No Types Assigned	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31515 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31515 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461082 Patch	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461082 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10053 No Types Assigned	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10053 Third Party Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-6716
NVD Published Date:
09/04/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE

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CVE-2007-6716 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 7:40:50 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 5/13/2024 9:49:55 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 11/06/2023 9:01:36 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 8/14/2020 11:40:36 AM

CPE Deprecation Remap by NIST 10/30/2018 12:25:10 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 9/28/2017 9:30:03 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 9/04/2008 2:55:00 PM

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