CVE-2007-0006 (GCVE-0-2007-0006)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-02-06 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 12:03
VLAI
Summary
The key serial number collision avoidance code in the key_alloc_serial function in Linux kernel 2.6.9 up to 2.6.20 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors that trigger a null dereference, as originally reported as "spinlock CPU recursion."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 1001 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/24429 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi… x_refsource_CONFIRM
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Date Public
2007-02-06 00:00
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}



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