Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 2, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-0001
CVE-2007-0001
Description
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.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:linux_kernel_2.6.9:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: = 4 (kernel 2.6.9)
Patches
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References
7- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdPatch
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0085.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24300nvdVendor Advisory
- osvdb.org/33031nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/22737nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9560nvd
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