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medium 4.7

CVE-2007-0001 json

The file watch implementation in the audit subsystem (auditctl -w) in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 kernel 2.6.9 allows local users…

published 2007-02-28 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-0005

cvss
4.7
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The file watch implementation in the audit subsystem (auditctl -w) in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 kernel 2.6.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by replacing a watched file, which does not cause the watch on the old inode to be dropped.

Patch / fix

  • kernel RHEL 4 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL
  • kernel-smp RHEL 4 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL
  • kernel-hugemem RHEL 4 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL
  • kernel-largesmp RHEL 4 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:0085

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-0001 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 kernel 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 kernel 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 kernel 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 kernel 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0085

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-29683)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-29683 Linux Kernel 2.6.x - Audit Subsystems Local Denial of Service dos, 2007-02-27

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.7 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

References

Sources

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