Bug 212136 (CVE-2007-6694)

Summary:	Linux PPC: CHRP - fix possible NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2007-6694)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) <rbu>
Component:	Kernel	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	kernel
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	[linux < 2.6.24]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-03-03 01:15:08 UTC

CVE-2007-6694 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-6694):
  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.

Comment 1 unnamedrambler 2008-03-21 18:59:00 UTC

[linux < 2.6.24] 7ac33417ecf8c012df0e957cfa0628a6a4347c7d