Resource Management Errors Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,2.6.25)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3006196
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed24 Dec 2008
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Dec 2008

CVE-2008-5713  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 2.6.25 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. 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.

CVSS Base Scores

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