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CVE-2007-2172

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.7 Published: 2007-04-22 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

A typo in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.21-rc6 and 2.4 before 2.4.35 causes RTA_MAX to be used as an array size instead of RTN_MAX, which leads to an "out of bound access" by the (1) dn_fib_props (dn_fib.c, DECNet) and (2) fib_props (fib_semantics.c, IPv4) functions.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux KernelCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Debian Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References