CVE-2007-6417

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2007-11-28
Bugzilla:
426081: CVE-2007-6417 tmpfs: restore missing clear_highpage (kernels from 2.6.11 up)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The shmem_getpage function (mm/shmem.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.11 through 2.6.23 does not properly clear allocated memory in some rare circumstances related to tmpfs, which might allow local users to read sensitive kernel data or cause a denial of service (crash).

Find out more about CVE-2007-6417 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG.

It was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (kernel) RHSA-2008:0885 2008-09-24

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