[ MDVSA-2008:234 ] kernel

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:234 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ Package : kernel Date : November 21, 2008 Affected: 2009.0 Problem Description: Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel: Buffer overfl...

CVE-2008-5029

The scmdestroy function in net/core/scm.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.4, 2.6.26, and earlier makes indirect recursive calls to itself through calls to the fput function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service panic via vectors related to sending an SCMRIGHTS message through a UNIX...