CVE-2007-6716

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.

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=848c4dd5153c7a0de55470ce99a8e13a63b4703f
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/30/448Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32023Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32103Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32237Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32356Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32370Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32393Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32759Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32799Broken Link
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23Broken Link
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220Broken Link
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.htmlBroken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31515Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461082Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10053Third Party Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=848c4dd5153c7a0de55470ce99a8e13a63b4703f
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/30/448Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32023Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32103Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32237Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32356Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32370Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32393Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32759Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32799Broken Link
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23Broken Link
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220Broken Link
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.htmlBroken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31515Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461082Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10053Third Party Advisory

Published

Sep 4, 2008

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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