CVE-2007-0006

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

06/02/2007

Last modified:

09/04/2025

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 null dereference, as originally reported as "spinlock CPU recursion."

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 1.90 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical