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.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux_kernel | Linux | 2.6.28 (including) | 2.6.28 (including) |
| Linux_kernel | Linux | 2.6.28-rc1 (including) | 2.6.28-rc1 (including) |
| Linux_kernel | Linux | 2.6.28-rc2 (including) | 2.6.28-rc2 (including) |
| Linux_kernel | Linux | 2.6.28-rc3 (including) | 2.6.28-rc3 (including) |
| Linux_kernel | Linux | 2.6.28-rc4 (including) | 2.6.28-rc4 (including) |
| Linux_kernel | Linux | 2.6.28-rc5 (including) | 2.6.28-rc5 (including) |
| MRG for RHEL-5 | RedHat | kernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-101.el5rt | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | RedHat | kernel-0:2.4.21-63.EL | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | RedHat | kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.13.EL | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | RedHat | kernel-0:2.6.18-128.el5 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Z Stream | RedHat | kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.24.el5 | * |
| Linux | Ubuntu | hardy | * |
| Linux | Ubuntu | intrepid | * |
| Linux-source-2.6.15 | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Linux-source-2.6.22 | Ubuntu | gutsy | * |