CVE-2007-1592
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.21-rc3 inadvertently copies the ipv6_fl_socklist from a listening TCP socket to child sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or double free by opening a listening IPv6 socket, attaching a flow label, and connecting to that socket.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-1586)
- Published
- March 22, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-1586 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
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References
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=233478
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d35690beda1429544d46c8eb34b2e3a8c37ab299
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-May/0001.html
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=117406721731891&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-0304.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0436.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24618(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24777(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25078(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25099(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25226(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25288(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25392(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25630(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25683(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25714(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25961(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26379(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27528(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29058(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-404.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1286
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.4
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:078
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_30_kernel.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_43_kernel.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0347.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0672.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0673.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23104(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-464-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1084(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33176
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10130
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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