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CVE-2009-3621

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2009-10-22 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

net/unix/af_unix.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by creating an abstract-namespace AF_UNIX listening socket, performing a shutdown operation on this socket, and then performing a series of connect operations to this socket.

Affected Platforms

Suse Suse Linux Enterprise ServerCanonical Ubuntu LinuxVmware EsxFedoraproject FedoraVmware VmaSuse Suse Linux Enterprise DesktopOpensuse OpensuseLinux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-400

References