CVE-2007-3104
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The sysfs_readdir function in the Linux kernel 2.6, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4.5 and other distributions, allows users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by dereferencing a null pointer to an inode in a dentry.
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-399
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (37th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-3096)
- Published
- June 26, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-3096 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- redhat / enterprise linux
References
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=242558
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00001.html
- http://osvdb.org/37115
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0488.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25771(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25838(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26289(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26643(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26651(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27912(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28033(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28643(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-287.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1428
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0089.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24631
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018289
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-508-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-509-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11233
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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