CVE-2007-0006

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."

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9829

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1097

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=227495

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-451-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22539

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0099.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0085.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_21_kernel.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:047

http://secunia.com/advisories/25691

http://secunia.com/advisories/24752

http://secunia.com/advisories/24547

http://secunia.com/advisories/24482

http://secunia.com/advisories/24429

http://secunia.com/advisories/24300

http://secunia.com/advisories/24259

http://secunia.com/advisories/24109

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7727

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3