Integer overflow in the hrtimer_forward function (hrtimer.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.21-rc4, when running on 64-bit systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a timer with a large expiry value, which causes the timer to always be expired.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2008-04-12T19:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T16:18:20.700Z
Reserved: 2008-04-12T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2007-6712
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2008-04-12T19:05:00.000
Modified: 2023-11-07T02:01:36.680
Link: CVE-2007-6712
Redhat