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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 28, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2007-1734

CVE-2007-1734

Description

The DCCP support in the do_dccp_getsockopt function in net/dccp/proto.c in Linux kernel 2.6.20 and later does not verify the upper bounds of the optlen value, which allows local users running on certain architectures to read kernel memory or cause a denial of service (oops), a related issue to CVE-2007-1730.

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  • Linux/Kernel4 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: >=2.6.20

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