PT-2016-7396

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions systemd versions 231 and earlier Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in an assertion failure and PID 1 hang, by sending a zero-length message over a notify socket. This is due to a problem in the...

systemd: freeze when PID 1 receives a zero-length message over notify socket

A flaw was found in the way systemd handled empty notification messages. A local attacker could use this flaw to make systemd freeze its execution, preventing further management of system services, system shutdown, or zombie process collection via systemd...

PT-2016-7397 · Systemd +2 · Systemd +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: systemd affected versions not specified Description: The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system hang. This occurs when a zero-length message is received over a notify socket, causing an error to be return...