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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.40% · top 65% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (30)

• 32998 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20081209 rPSA-2008-0332-1 kernel (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• [linux-netdev] 20081120 soft lockups/OOM after unix socket fixes (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 20100625 VMSA-2010-0010 ESX 3.5 third party update for Service Console kernel (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 33706 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2915 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10283 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 33756 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-11618 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 33348 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 32913 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11427 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 4673 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• [linux-netdev] 20081125 [PATCH] Fix soft lockups/OOM issues w/ unix garbage collector (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• linux-kernel-sendmsg-dos(46943) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 32516 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:032 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 33556 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=473259 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 33083 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-714-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 50272 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1550 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470201 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-715-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 33854 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1681 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2008-5300](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2008-5300.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2008-5300)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 10:49 UTC.