CVE-2007-6712
kernel linux kernel: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Integer overflow in the hrtimer_forward function (hrtimer.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.21-rc4, when running on 64-bit systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a timer with a large expiry value, which causes the timer to always be expired.
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 33% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-189
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- kernel:linux_kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/chris/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=13788ccc41ceea5893f9c747c59bc0b28f2416c2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30294
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30368
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30818