CVE-2007-2525

MediumCVSS 4.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.9/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
May 8, 2007
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2007-2525: Medium severity, CVSS 4.9 | Vulnix