CVE-2008-5713
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.
- EPSS
- 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 54% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-399
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2ba2506ca7ca62c56edaa334b0fe61eb5eab6ab0
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/23/1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33706