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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.7/10
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:CAffected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Mar 2, 2007
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified