CVE-2007-1865: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Low severity, CVSS 1.9. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ipv6_getsockopt_sticky function in the kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Beta 5.1.0 allows local users to obtain sensitive information (kernel memory contents) via a negative value of the len parameter. NOTE: this issue has been disputed in a bug comment, stating that "len is ignored when copying header info to the user's buffer.

Affected products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 5.1.0 only

Published 2007-09-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.