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    CVE-2008-5300

    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.

    Published:Nov 20, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Dec 1, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.00078
    CVSS Score:4.9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Linux
    Product
    Linux Kernel
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Mrg
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Eus

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=473259
    http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122721862313564&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122765505415944&w=2
    http://osvdb.org/50272
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32913
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32998
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33083
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33348
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33556
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33706
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33756
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33854
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4673
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:032
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499044/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32516
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470201
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46943
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2915
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10283
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11427
    https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1550.html
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01358.html
    http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=473259
    http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122721862313564&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122765505415944&w=2
    http://osvdb.org/50272
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32913
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32998
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33083
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33348
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33556
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33706
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33756
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33854
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4673
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:032
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499044/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32516
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470201
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46943
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2915
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10283
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11427
    https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1550.html
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01358.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
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