CVE-2007-5904: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple buffer overflows in CIFS VFS in Linux kernel 2.6.23 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long SMB responses that trigger the overflows in the SendReceive function.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 2.6.23

Published 2007-11-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.