CVE-2007-0006
LOW · CVSS 1.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 1.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 0.4% (33th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-0010)
- Published
- February 6, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-0010 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7727
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24109(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24259(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24300(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24429(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24482(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24547(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24752(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25691(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:047
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_21_kernel.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0085.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0099.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22539
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-451-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=227495
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1097
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9829
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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