CVE-2008-5079

net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.8 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) by making…

published December 9, 2008

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
65.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.8 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) by making two calls to svc_listen for the same socket, and then reading a /proc/net/atm/*vc file, related to corruption of the vcc table.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01094 · 65.0th percentile
Published
2008-12-09T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 DEC 00:00Z
    net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.8 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) by making…
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