CVE catalog

CVE-2007-2525

kernel-source-2.4.27 - several vulnerabilities

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Unknown
Published
Updated
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.40% · Oct 27, 2026

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. PPPoE socket PPPIOCGCHAN denial of service

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debiankernel-source-2.4.273.12.4.27-10vulnerable
Debiankernel-source-2.4.273.12.4.27-10sarge1vulnerable
Debiankernel-source-2.4.273.12.4.27-10sarge2vulnerable
Debiankernel-source-2.4.273.12.4.27-10sarge3vulnerable
Debiankernel-source-2.4.273.12.4.27-10sarge4vulnerable
Debiankernel-source-2.4.273.12.4.27-10sarge5vulnerable
Debiankernel-source-2.4.273.12.4.27-10sarge6vulnerable
Debiankernel-source-2.4.273.12.4.27-10sarge7fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debiankernel-source-2.4.27deb3.12.4.27-10sarge7Not reportedDSA-1503-2Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

No matching packages in this catalog.

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