CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-5029

4.9 MEDIUM Published 2008-11-10 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-11-10
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

The __scm_destroy function in net/core/scm.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.4, 2.6.26, and earlier makes indirect recursive calls to itself through calls to the fput function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via vectors related to sending an SCM_RIGHTS message through a UNIX domain socket and closing file descriptors.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 2.6.27.4) • linux linux kernel 2.2.27 • linux linux kernel 2.4.36 • linux linux kernel 2.4.36.1 • linux linux kernel 2.4.36.2 • linux linux kernel 2.4.36.3 • linux linux kernel 2.4.36.4 • linux linux kernel 2.4.36.5 • linux linux kernel 2.4.36.6 • linux linux kernel 2.6 • linux linux kernel 2.6.18 • linux linux kernel 2.6.19.4 • linux linux kernel 2.6.19.5 • linux linux kernel 2.6.19.6 • linux linux kernel 2.6.19.7 • linux linux kernel 2.6.20.16 • linux linux kernel 2.6.20.17 • linux linux kernel 2.6.20.18 • linux linux kernel 2.6.20.19 • linux linux kernel 2.6.20.20 • linux linux kernel 2.6.20.21 • linux linux kernel 2.6.21.5 • linux linux kernel 2.6.21.6 • linux linux kernel 2.6.21.7 • linux linux kernel 2.6.22 • linux linux kernel 2.6.22.1 • linux linux kernel 2.6.22.2 • linux linux kernel 2.6.22.8 • linux linux kernel 2.6.22.9 • linux linux kernel 2.6.22.10 • linux linux kernel 2.6.22.11 • linux linux kernel 2.6.22.12 • linux linux kernel 2.6.22.13 • linux linux kernel 2.6.22.14 • linux linux kernel 2.6.22.15 • linux linux kernel 2.6.22.17 • linux linux kernel 2.6.22.18 • linux linux kernel 2.6.22.19 • linux linux kernel 2.6.22.20 • linux linux kernel 2.6.22.21 • linux linux kernel 2.6.22.22 • linux linux kernel 2.6.22 rc1 • linux linux kernel 2.6.22 rc7 • linux linux kernel 2.6.23 • linux linux kernel 2.6.23.8 • linux linux kernel 2.6.23.9 • linux linux kernel 2.6.23.10 • linux linux kernel 2.6.23.11 • linux linux kernel 2.6.23.12 • linux linux kernel 2.6.23.13 • linux linux kernel 2.6.23.15 • linux linux kernel 2.6.23.16 • linux linux kernel 2.6.23.17 • linux linux kernel 2.6.23 rc1 • linux linux kernel 2.6.24 • linux linux kernel 2.6.24.1 • linux linux kernel 2.6.24.2 • linux linux kernel 2.6.24.3 • linux linux kernel 2.6.24.4 • linux linux kernel 2.6.24.5 … and 33 more

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