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CVE-2007-0006

LOW CVSS: 1.9 Published: 2007-02-06 Modified: 2026-06-16

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."

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References