{"cve":"CVE-2008-5300","nvd":{"published":"2008-12-01T17:30:00.203","modified":"2026-06-16T22:59:40.077","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-399"],"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"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-5300","score":0.00405,"percentile":0.34774,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}