About Kernel CVE MCP Server
Kernel CVE MCP Server stores the Linux kernel CVE list in SQLite and provides a basic way to query it. It is intended for users who need to look up or search kernel CVE records.
Key features
- 01Download kernel CVE list to SQLite
- 02Retrieve CVE information
- 03Search kernel CVE records
Use cases
- 01Look up details for a kernel CVE
- 02Search kernel CVE records
MCP support
The stdio MCP server exposes `get_kernel_cve_info` and `search_kernel_cve_info` tools to MCP clients.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEKernel CVE MCP Server
This clones the linux kernel CVE List git repo, into an sqlite database and then allows querying this DB with a really basic MCP server.
See: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/_/text/mirror/ for details.
Commands
kernel-list-to-sqlite- Download the Kernel CVE list into a temporary dir and save the contents into an sqlite database.stio-mcp- stdio MCP server which provides theget_kernel_cve_infoandsearch_kernel_cve_infotools.
Config
You need to specify the location of the DB file, so use something like this:
{
"mcpServers": {
"kernel-cve-info": {
"command": "/Users/mpf/Projects/kcve/stdio-mcp",
"args": ["-db", "/Users/mpf/Projects/kcve/commits.db"]
}
}
}
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