CVEs-PoC/2007/CVE-2007-5966.md

### [CVE-2007-5966](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5966)
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### Description

Integer overflow in the hrtimer_start function in kernel/hrtimer.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (panic) via a large relative timeout value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

#### Github
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