Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2007-5966

Integer overflow in the hrtimer_start function in kernel/hrtimer.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (panic) via a large relative timeout value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

  • Published: Dec 20, 2007
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2007-5966
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.2
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23.4 2.6.23.4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23.7 2.6.23.7.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23.1 2.6.23.1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23-rc2 2.6.23-rc2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23.9 2.6.23.9.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23.3 2.6.23.3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23-rc1 2.6.23-rc1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23 2.6.23.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23.2 2.6.23.2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23.5 2.6.23.5.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23.6 2.6.23.6.x