CVE-2007-1730

Integer signedness error in the DCCP support in the do_dccp_getsockopt function in net/dccp/proto.c in Linux kernel 2.6.20 and later allows local users to read kernel memory or cause a denial of service (oops) via a negative optlen value.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.6 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2007-03-28

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• http://marc.info/?l=dccp&m=117509584316267&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25392
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2482
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463934/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464144/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23162
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017820
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-464-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1143
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33274