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CVE-2008-5300

Published: Dec 1, 2008

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.28 allows local users to cause a denial of service ("soft lockup" and process loss) via a large number of sendmsg function calls, which does not block during AF_UNIX garbage collection and triggers an OOM condition, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5029.

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affected
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References

32998
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
20081209 rPSA-2008-0332-1 kernel
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
33706
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10283
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
RHSA-2009:0053
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
33756
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
FEDORA-2008-11618
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
33348
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
32913
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11427
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
4673
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SREASON
RHSA-2009:0014
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
linux-kernel-sendmsg-dos(46943)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
32516
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
MDVSA-2009:032
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
33556
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
33083
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
USN-714-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
50272
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
RHSA-2009:1550
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
USN-715-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
33854
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
DSA-1681
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN

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