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CVE-2007-6151

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-12-15 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The isdn_ioctl function in isdn_common.c in Linux kernel 2.6.23 allows local users to cause a denial of service via a crafted ioctl struct in which iocts is not null terminated, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 2.6.23

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=eafe1aa37e6ec2d56f14732b5240c4dd09f0613a
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00005.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00007.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html
• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0055.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28626
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28706
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28748
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28889
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28971
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29058

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