VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2007-0006

CVSS score1.9 LOW
EPSS probability0.37%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-02-06
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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."

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