Description
The embedded Linux kernel in certain Sun-Brocade SilkWorm switches before 20070516 does not properly handle a situation in which a non-root user creates a kernel process, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (oops and device reboot) via unspecified vectors.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- complete
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- LINUX
- Published
- 5/18/2007
- Last Modified
- 4/9/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
linux : linux_kernel
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