Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-2875
CVE-2007-2875
Description
Integer underflow in the cpuset_tasks_read function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.20.13, and 2.6.21.x before 2.6.21.4, when the cpuset filesystem is mounted, allows local users to obtain kernel memory contents by using a large offset when reading the /dev/cpuset/tasks file.
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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
23- www.securityfocus.com/bid/24389nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.13nvdVendor Advisory
- kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21.4nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/26133nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/26139nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/26620nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/26647nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/26760nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27227nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1363nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0705.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2105nvdThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34779nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9251nvdThird Party Advisory
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.phpnvdBroken Link
- osvdb.org/37113nvdBroken Link
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