CVE-2008-5300

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…

published December 1, 2008

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
33.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00405 · 33.6th percentile
Published
2008-12-01T17:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 DEC 17:00Z
    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…
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