CVE-2008-5713
Linux Kernel < 2.6.25 - Denial of Service via Network Traffic Flood
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-5713. PoCs published by Herbert Xu.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit triggers a local denial-of-service (DoS) in Linux kernels prior to 2.6.25 by spawning multiple netperf processes to cause a soft lockup. It forks multiple instances of netperf with UDP_STREAM tests, overwhelming system resources.
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.
Exploits (1)
This exploit triggers a local denial-of-service (DoS) in Linux kernels prior to 2.6.25 by spawning multiple netperf processes to cause a soft lockup. It forks multiple instances of netperf with UDP_STREAM tests, overwhelming system resources.