ghsa-mv9w-4qcx-3jmc
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 02:57
Modified
2025-04-09 04:02
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2008-5713"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2008-12-24T18:29:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-mv9w-4qcx-3jmc",
  "modified": "2025-04-09T04:02:17Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T02:57:28Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5713"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477744"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9385"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2ba2506ca7ca62c56edaa334b0fe61eb5eab6ab0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git;a=commit;h=2ba2506ca7ca62c56edaa334b0fe61eb5eab6ab0"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/23/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/33706"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/33858"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/35011"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32985"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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