Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2008-5713

The __qdisc_run function in net/sched/sch_generic.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 UDP_STREAM mode.

EPSS: 0.007 (51.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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