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CVE-2008-5713

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.9 Published: 2008-12-24 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References