CVE-2008-5713
The __qdisc_run function in net/sched/sch_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25 on SMP machines allows local users to cause a denial of service (soft lockup) by sending a large amount of network traffic, as demonstrated by multiple simultaneous…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 0.7%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
The __qdisc_run function in net/sched/sch_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25 on SMP machines allows local users to cause a denial of service (soft lockup) by sending a large amount of network traffic, as demonstrated by multiple simultaneous invocations of the Netperf benchmark application in UDP_STREAM mode.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.74% probability · 54th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 23 December 2008
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2ba2506ca7ca62c56edaa334b0fe61eb5eab6ab0
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/23/1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33706
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33858
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35011
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32985
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477744
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9385
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2ba2506ca7ca62c56edaa334b0fe61eb5eab6ab0
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/23/1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33706
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33858
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35011
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32985
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477744
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9385
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.