CVE-2008-5300

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5300
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-01 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionLinux 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28 rc5 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SecurityReason - soft lockups/OOM after unix socket fixes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Linux Kernel 'sendmsg()' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Bug 470201 – CVE-2008-5029 kernel: Unix sockets kernel panic af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1681-1 linux-2.6.24 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Ubuntu update for linux - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
'soft lockups/OOM after unix socket fixes' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'[PATCH] Fix soft lockups/OOM issues w/ unix garbage collector' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
osvdb.org/50272 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
rPath update for kernel - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: kernel-2.6.27.9-73.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
473259 – (CVE-2008-5300) CVE-2008-5300 kernel: fix soft lockups/OOM issues with unix socket garbage collector af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Fedora update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for kernel - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ubuntu update for kernel - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2915 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
USN-715-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-714-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Debian update for linux-2.6.24 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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