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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.9

CVE-2007-5500 json

The wait_task_stopped function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.8 checks a TASK_TRACED bit instead of an exit_state value, which allows lo…

published 2007-11-20 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-5475

cvss
4.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The wait_task_stopped function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.8 checks a TASK_TRACED bit instead of an exit_state value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via unspecified vectors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Patch / fix

  • kernel RHEL 4 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL
  • kernel-smp RHEL 4 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL
  • kernel-xenU RHEL 4 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL
  • kernel-hugemem RHEL 4 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL
  • kernel-largesmp RHEL 4 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0055

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-2007-5500 updated

kernel hang via userspace PTRACE+waitid

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 kernel 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 kernel 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 kernel 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 kernel 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0055

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Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

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References

Sources

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