CVE-2007-5966

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-12-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in the hrtimer_start function in kernel/hrtimer.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (panic) via a large relative timeout value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.23, 2.6.23-rc1, 2.6.23-rc2, 2.6.23.1, 2.6.23.2, 2.6.23.3 (+5)

References

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.10
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28088
http://secunia.com/advisories/28105
http://secunia.com/advisories/28141
http://secunia.com/advisories/28706
http://secunia.com/advisories/28806
http://secunia.com/advisories/31628
http://secunia.com/advisories/36131
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1436
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:112

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