CVE-2008-5300

Linux kernel 2.6.28 - Denial of Service via AF_UNIX Garbage Collection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (30)

Core 30
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32998
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499044/100/0/threaded
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122721862313564&w=2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33706
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2915
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10283
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33756
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33348
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32913
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11427
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4673
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122765505415944&w=2
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46943
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32516
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:032
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33556
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33083
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/50272
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1550.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470201
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33854
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681

Scores

EPSS 0.0040
EPSS Percentile 33.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (1)
linux/linux_kernel 2.6.28 (6 CPE variants)
Published Dec 01, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026