CVE-2008-5300
Linux kernel 2.6.28 - DoS
Title source: llmDescription
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.
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Scores
EPSS
0.0008
EPSS Percentile
22.9%
Classification
CWE
CWE-399
Status
draft
Affected Products (6)
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
Timeline
Published
Dec 01, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026