CVE-2007-6694
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 2.6%EU EUVD
The chrp_show_cpuinfo function (chrp/setup.c) in Linux kernel 2.4.21 through 2.6.18-53, when running on PowerPC, might allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors that cause the of_get_property function to fail, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 2.6% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-6658)
- Published
- January 29, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-6658 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / powerpc
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References
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119576191029571&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0055.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28696
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28748
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29058
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29236
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30018
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30515
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30769
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1565
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0154.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27555
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0380
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396751
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11215
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/614-1/
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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