Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2007-1388

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Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2007-1388

Published: March 10, 2007 / Updated: August 2, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU95223
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-1388
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

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 0 option length or invalid option value, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.


Affected software

Linux kernel

How to mitigate CVE-2007-1388

Install update from vendor's repository.


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