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.
Affected products
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References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33706 ↗
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/23/1 ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2ba2506ca7ca62c56edaa334b0fe61eb5eab6ab0 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477744 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35011 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9385 ↗
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33858 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32985 ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/ ↗