4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
31.1%
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.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
linux:linux_kernel | linux linux kernel | eq | 2.6.0 |
bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=242558
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00001.html
osvdb.org/37115
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0488.html
secunia.com/advisories/25771
secunia.com/advisories/25838
secunia.com/advisories/26289
secunia.com/advisories/26643
secunia.com/advisories/26651
secunia.com/advisories/27912
secunia.com/advisories/28033
secunia.com/advisories/28643
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-287.htm
www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1428
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0089.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/24631
www.securitytracker.com/id?1018289
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-508-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-509-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11233