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CVE-2008-5079

net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.8 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite

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Summary

net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.8 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) by making two calls to svc_listen for the same socket, and then reading a /proc/net/atm/*vc file, related to corruption of the vcc table.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Public exploit on Exploit-DB

    EDB-7405

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 26

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