{"id":"CVE-2008-5713","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-5713","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:32:04.278Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2008-12-24T18:29:16.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:00:52.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-399"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00743,"percentile":0.54452,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2008-12-23","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":32682,"kind":"exploit","title":"Linux Kernel 2.6.x - 'qdisc_run()' Local Denial of Service","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32682","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/32682.c","file":"exploits/linux/dos/32682.c","published":"2008-12-23","added":"2008-12-23","updated":"2016-09-06","author":"Herbert Xu","type":"dos","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2008-5713","OSVDB-51476"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32985/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2ba2506ca7ca62c56edaa334b0fe61eb5eab6ab0","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/23/1","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/33706","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/33858","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/35011","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32985","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477744","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9385","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2ba2506ca7ca62c56edaa334b0fe61eb5eab6ab0","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/23/1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/33706","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/33858","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/35011","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32985","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477744","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9385","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5713","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}