Security Advisory

CVE-2004-1016

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2004-12-15 05:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-08 00:38:59
Assigner mitre
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

The scm_send function in the scm layer for Linux kernel 2.4.x up to 2.4.28, and 2.6.x up to 2.6.9, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via crafted auxiliary messages that are passed to the sendmsg function, which causes a deadlock condition.