01 Record
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 cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors that trigger a
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-02-06 19:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 12:03Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-12-19
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 71eff8f79f676354cabcc47e69eadf078f9900d7942831a8d69b55608b050e4c
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0099http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0099.html
- secunia.com24429http://secunia.com/advisories/24429
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=227495
- bugzilla.kernel.orghttp://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7727
- secunia.com24259http://secunia.com/advisories/24259
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-451-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-451-1
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:047http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:047
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2007:021http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_21_kernel.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9829https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9829
- secunia.com24300http://secunia.com/advisories/24300
- www.securityfocus.com20070615 rPSA-2007-0124-1 kernel xenhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457
- secunia.com24482http://secunia.com/advisories/24482
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0085http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0085.html
- secunia.com24752http://secunia.com/advisories/24752
- secunia.com24547http://secunia.com/advisories/24547
- secunia.com24109http://secunia.com/advisories/24109
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1097
- www.securityfocus.com22539http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22539
- secunia.com25691http://secunia.com/advisories/25691
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:060http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060