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.
Published: 2007-02-28
Score: 4.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-0005 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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Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:03:36.377Z

Reserved: 2006-12-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-0001

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-03-02T21:18:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-0001

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-0001 - Bugzilla

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