CVE-2007-0006

2007-02-0619:28:00

[email protected]

web.nvd.nist.gov

1.9 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

5.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.015 Low

EPSS

Percentile

87.0%

JSON

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.”