# CVE-2007-0001: Denial of service in n/a

> Local users can cause a kernel panic in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux audit subsystem by replacing a watched file.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 28 Feb 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v6fh-mg2v-xv8g

## What is CVE-2007-0001?

CVE-2007-0001 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 28 Feb 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0001?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Enterprise Linux.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-0001?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2007-0001 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-0001 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Linux Kernel 2.6.x - Audit Subsystems Local Denial of Service (exploitdb)

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-0001 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-0001 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 28 Feb 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-0001 exists.

Affected product: Redhat Enterprise Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0001/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0001/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-0001
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0001
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-0001

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