VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2007-6712
CVSS score4.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.39%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-04-12
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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.