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The Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 10, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

The Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it, related to net/unix/af_unix.c and net/unix/garbage.c.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 8, 2016
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Last updated Feb 10, 2023

Severity

Moderate
6.2
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2013-4312

GHSA ID

GHSA-vqj4-45vx-v6r9

Source code

No known source code

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