Is CVE-2007-6716 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-6716 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-6716?

CVE-2007-6716 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2007-6716

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD

fs/direct-io.c in the dio subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23 does not properly zero out the dio struct, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS), as demonstrated by a certain fio test.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.5 (v3.1)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS score: 0.5% (44th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-6680)
Published: September 4, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-6680 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
linux / linux kernel
novell / linux desktop
opensuse / opensuse
suse / suse linux enterprise desktop
suse / suse linux enterprise server
suse / suse linux enterprise server

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=848c4dd5153c7a0de55470ce99a8e13a63b4703f
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/30/448(Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32023(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32103(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32237(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32356(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32370(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32393(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32759(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32799(Broken Link)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220(Broken Link)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/1(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31515(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461082(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10053(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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