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CVE-2007-0006
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…
Low1.9EPSS 0.38%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 67% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (20)
- RHSA-2007:0099 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 24429 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=227495 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7727 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 24259 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-451-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:047 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2007:021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9829 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 24300 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070615 rPSA-2007-0124-1 kernel xen (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 24482 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0085 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 24752 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24547 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24109 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1097 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 22539 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 25691 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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