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CVE-2007-2525

Memory leak in the PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) socket implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21-git8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by creating a socket using connect, and releasing it before the PPPIOCGCHAN ioctl is initialized.

  • Published: May 9, 2007
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2007-2525
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.9
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel - 2.6.21.x