Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2004-1016

The scm_send function in the scm layer for Linux kernel 2.4.x up to 2.4.28, and 2.6.x up to 2.6.9, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via crafted auxiliary messages that are passed to the sendmsg function, which causes a deadlock condition.

EPSS: 0.010 (59.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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