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CVE-2007-6417

CVE-2007-6417

EPSS 0.4%
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).
Affected products
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References
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.htmlhttp://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119627664702379&w=2http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119743651829347&w=2http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119769771026243&w=2http://osvdb.org/44120http://secunia.com/advisories/28141http://secunia.com/advisories/28706http://secunia.com/advisories/28806http://secunia.com/advisories/28971http://secunia.com/advisories/32023https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8920http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1436