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CVE-2007-1388

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.4 Published: 2007-03-10 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The do_ipv6_setsockopt function in net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c in Linux kernel before 2.6.20, and possibly other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops) by calling setsockopt with the IPV6_RTHDR option name and possibly a zero option length or invalid option value, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References