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CVE-2007-6712

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.9 Published: 2008-04-12 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Integer overflow in the hrtimer_forward function (hrtimer.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.21-rc4, when running on 64-bit systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a timer with a large expiry value, which causes the timer to always be expired.

Affected Platforms

Kernel Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-189

References