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) |