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CVE-2007-0771 Details

Description

The utrace support in Linux kernel 2.6.18, and other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) related to "MT exec + utrace_attach spin failure mode," as demonstrated by ptrace-thrash.c.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://osvdb.org/35927	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=227952	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=228816	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25080	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017979	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34128	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9447	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0169.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23720	CVE
http://osvdb.org/35927	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=227952	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=228816	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/25080	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017979	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34128	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9447	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0169.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23720	[email protected]

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information to Classify Weakness	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	2.6.18 2.6.18 rc1 2.6.18 rc2 2.6.18 rc3 2.6.18 rc4
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:rc3:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:rc4:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:rc5:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:rc6:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:rc7:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18.4:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux	5.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0::desktop::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0::desktop_workstation::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0::server::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 3, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]