Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 8, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-2525
CVE-2007-2525
Description
Memory leak in the PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) socket implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21-git8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by creating a socket using connect, and releasing it before the PPPIOCGCHAN ioctl is initialized.
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References
30- kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.21-git8.lognvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/25163nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0488.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/25700nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/25838nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/26133nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/26139nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/26289nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/26450nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/26620nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/26664nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27227nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/29058nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1703nvdVendor Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0376.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-287.htmnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1356nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_51_kernel.htmlnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/23870nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34150nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10594nvd
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