VulnerabilityModified
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 not block during AF_UNIX garbage collection and triggers an OOM condition, a different…
MEDIUM 4.9EPSS 0.40%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 34th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=473259
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122721862313564&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122765505415944&w=2
- http://osvdb.org/50272
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32913
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32998
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33083
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33348
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33556
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33706
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33756
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33854
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4673
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:032
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499044/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32516
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470201Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46943
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2915
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10283
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11427
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1550.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01358.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.