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CVE-2007-6694
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…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 2.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 15% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 15% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
19
- 27555 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0154 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-618-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396751 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1565 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-1504 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 28696 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29236 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30515 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-614-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-1503 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 28748 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11215 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 29058 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0380 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 30769 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30018 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0055 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20071122 [PATCH] PPC: CHRP - fix possible NULL pointer dereference (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-6658 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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