CVE-2007-6694

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-01-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The chrp_show_cpuinfo function (chrp/setup.c) in Linux kernel 2.4.21 through 2.6.18-53, when running on PowerPC, might allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors that cause the of_get_property function to fail, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.4.3, 2.4.3-pre3, 2.4.4, 2.4.5, 2.4.6, 2.4.7 (+310)

References

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119576191029571&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0055.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28696
http://secunia.com/advisories/28748
http://secunia.com/advisories/29058
http://secunia.com/advisories/29236
http://secunia.com/advisories/30018
http://secunia.com/advisories/30515
http://secunia.com/advisories/30769
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1565

Get alerted when CVE-2007-6694 or the next vulnerability affects your stack