VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2007-2875

CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability0.44%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-06-11
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

Integer underflow in the cpuset_tasks_read function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.20.13, and 2.6.21.x before 2.6.21.4, when the cpuset filesystem is mounted, allows local users to obtain kernel memory contents by using a large offset when reading the /dev/cpuset/tasks file.

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