net/unix/af_unix.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by creating an abstract-namespace AF_UNIX listening socket, performing a shutdown operation on this socket, and then performing a series of connect operations to this socket.
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Information
Published : 2009-10-22 09:00
Updated : 2023-02-12 18:20
NVD link : CVE-2009-3621
Mitre link : CVE-2009-3621
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CWE
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Products Affected
vmware
- vma
- esx
suse
- suse_linux_enterprise_desktop
- suse_linux_enterprise_server
fedoraproject
- fedora
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
linux
- linux_kernel
opensuse
- opensuse