CVE - CVE-2008-5713

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-5713	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20081223 CVE request: kernel: soft lockup occurs when network load is very high URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/23/1 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git;a=commit;h=2ba2506ca7ca62c56edaa334b0fe61eb5eab6ab0 CONFIRM:http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477744 DEBIAN:DSA-1794 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794 REDHAT:RHSA-2009:0264 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html UBUNTU:USN-714-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/ BID:32985 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32985 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9385 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9385 SECUNIA:33706 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33706 SECUNIA:33858 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33858 SECUNIA:35011 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35011
Assigning CNA
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Date Entry Created
20081224	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20081224)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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