CVE-2007-2878 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2007-2878?

CVE-2007-2878 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 29 May 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The VFAT compat ioctls in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21.2, when run on a 64-bit system, allow local users to corrupt a kernel_dirent struct and cause a denial of service (system crash) via unknown vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2878?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2007-2878?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2007-2878 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-2878 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-6gjf-xqgg-vxr8.