CVE-2013-4312

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    CVE-2013-4312

    Published: 8 Feb 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it, related to net/unix/af_unix.c and net/unix/garbage.c.

    References: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=712f4aad406bb1ed67f3f98d04c044191f0ff593, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3448, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.1, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2931-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1297813, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/712f4aad406bb1ed67f3f98d04c044191f0ff593, https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4312, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1297813, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176464.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82986

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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