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CVE-2007-5966

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2007-12-20 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-189

References