Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 18, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-1865
CVE-2007-1865
Description
The ipv6_getsockopt_sticky function in the kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Beta 5.1.0 allows local users to obtain sensitive information (kernel memory contents) via a negative value of the len parameter. NOTE: this issue has been disputed in a bug comment, stating that "len is ignored when copying header info to the user's buffer.
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.1.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: Beta 5.1.0
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