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CVE-2007-0772

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-02-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The Linux kernel 2.6.13 and other versions before 2.6.20.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (oops) via a crafted NFSACL 2 ACCESS request that triggers a free of an incorrect pointer.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: through 2.6.20; 2.6.13, 2.6.13.1, 2.6.13.2, 2.6.13.3, 2.6.13.4, 2.6.13.5 (+115)

References

• http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2739
• http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2740
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.1
• http://osvdb.org/33022
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24201
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24215
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24400
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24482
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24547
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24752
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24777
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25691

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