CVE-2007-0006
Published Feb 6, 2007
Last updated 7 years ago
Overview
- 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."
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 1.9
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.4
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-Other
Evaluator
- Comment
- -
- Impact
- The scheme for selecting serial numbers was changed from incrementing a counter to random number selection, increasing the likelihood of a serial number collision.
- Solution
- The scheme for selecting serial numbers was changed from incrementing a counter to random number selection, increasing the likelihood of a serial number collision.
Configurations
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