CVE-2008-5713
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 24, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 24, 2008
Description
The __qdisc_run function in net/sched/sch_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25 on SMP machines allows local users to cause a denial of service (soft lockup) by sending a large amount of network traffic, as demonstrated by multiple simultaneous invocations of the Netperf benchmark application in UDP_STREAM mode.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- 33706third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20081223 CVE request: kernel: soft lockup occurs when network load is very highmailing-list
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2ba2506ca7ca62c56edaa334b0fe61eb5eab6ab0
- DSA-1794vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477744
- 35011third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9385vdb-entrysignature
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25
- RHSA-2009:0264vendor-advisory
- 33858third-party-advisory
- 32985vdb-entry
- USN-714-1vendor-advisory
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