SUSE CVE-2008-5713

The qdiscrun function in net/sched/schgeneric.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...

Linux Kernel 2.6.x - Proc dentry_unused Corruption Local Denial of Service

Linux Kernel 2.6.x - Proc dentryunused Corruption Local Denial of Service source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18183/info The Linux kernel is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability. This issue is due to a flaw in the 'proc' filesystem. This vulnerability allows local users to cause...