CVE-2008-5300

MediumCVSS 4.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.9/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 1, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-5300: Medium severity, CVSS 4.9 | Vulnix