4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
kernel is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability exists when fput()
was called to close a socket, the __scm_destroy()
function in the Linux kernel could make indirect recursive calls to itself.
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marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122593044330973&w=2
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secunia.com/advisories/33556
secunia.com/advisories/33586
secunia.com/advisories/33623
secunia.com/advisories/33641
secunia.com/advisories/33704
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www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0225.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499700/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499744/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/32154
www.securityfocus.com/bid/33079
www.securitytracker.com/id?1021292
www.securitytracker.com/id?1021511
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0009
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470201
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46538
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11694
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9558
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1550.html