CVE-2007-6694: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The chrp_show_cpuinfo function (chrp/setup.c) in Linux kernel 2.4.21 through 2.6.18-53, when running on PowerPC, might allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors that cause the of_get_property function to fail, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.4.3 only; version 2.4.4 only; version 2.4.5 only; version 2.4.6 only; version 2.4.7 only; version 2.4.8 only; …

Published 2008-01-29. Last modified 2026-06-16.