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CVE-2007-6716

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.5%

fs/direct-io.c in the dio subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23 does not properly zero out the dio struct, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS), as demonstrated by a certain fio test.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 44% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

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