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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Information
Published : 2008-12-01 09:30
Updated : 2018-10-11 13:54
NVD link : CVE-2008-5300
Mitre link : CVE-2008-5300
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CWE
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors
Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel