What is CVE-2006-7203?

CVE-2006-7203 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.0 out of 10. CVE-2006-7203 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-7203?

CVE-2006-7203 has a CVSS score of 4.0 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2006-7203?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2006-7203 patch availability.

Is CVE-2006-7203 actively exploited?

CVE-2006-7203 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2006-7203

Medium

The compat_sys_mount function in fs/compat.c in Linux kernel 2.6.20 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and oops) by mounting a smbfs file system in compatibility mode ("mount -t smbfs").

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2007-05-14

Last modified 2026-04-23

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.0

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

References

23 total

Kernel Git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff_plain%3Bh=822191a2fa1584a29c3224ab328507adcaeac1ab
Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0488.html
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25682
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25683
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25700

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2006-7203

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.0 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2007-05-14

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2006-7203?

CVE-2006-7203 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.0 out of 10 . CVE-2006-7203 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-7203?

CVE-2006-7203 has a CVSS score of 4.0 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2006-7203?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2006-7203 patch availability.
Is CVE-2006-7203 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2006-7203 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.