The wait_for_unix_gc function in net/unix/garbage.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125 does not properly select times for garbage collection of inflight sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via crafted use of the socketpair and sendmsg system calls for SOCK_SEQPACKET sockets.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/395
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/450
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/25/8
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129059035929046&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/42354
http://secunia.com/advisories/42745
http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
http://secunia.com/advisories/42963
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15622/
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125.bz2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/2
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45037
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321
OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.37:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
OR
ID | Name | Product | Family | Severity |
---|---|---|---|---|
89680 | VMware ESX / ESXi Third-Party Libraries Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2011-0012) (remote check) | Nessus | Misc. | high |
83603 | SUSE SLES10 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2013:1832-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
79507 | OracleVM 2.2 : kernel (OVMSA-2013-0039) | Nessus | OracleVM Local Security Checks | critical |
74801 | openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2012:1439-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
74658 | openSUSE Security Update : Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2012:0799-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
68414 | Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2011-2010) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | medium |
68207 | Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2011-0303) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | medium |
68182 | Oracle Linux 4 : kernel (ELSA-2011-0162) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | medium |
68177 | Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2011-0007) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | high |
65101 | Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-lts-backport-maverick vulnerabilities (USN-1083-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | critical |
65103 | Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : linux-mvl-dove vulnerabilities (USN-1093-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
60967 | Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 | Nessus | Scientific Linux Local Security Checks | medium |
60938 | Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL4.x i386/x86_64 | Nessus | Scientific Linux Local Security Checks | medium |
59161 | SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7915) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
57659 | SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7918) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
56508 | VMSA-2011-0012 : VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third-party libraries and ESX Service Console | Nessus | VMware ESX Local Security Checks | high |
55784 | Ubuntu 8.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1186-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | medium |
55591 | Ubuntu 11.04 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1167-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
55077 | USN-1119-1 : linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
55069 | Ubuntu 6.06 LTS : linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerabilities (USN-1111-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
53422 | CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2011:0303) | Nessus | CentOS Local Security Checks | medium |
52488 | RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2011:0303) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | medium |
52476 | Ubuntu 9.10 : linux, linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-1073-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
51847 | Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : linux, linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-1054-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
51818 | Debian DSA-2153-1 : linux-2.6 - privilege escalation/denial of service/information leak | Nessus | Debian Local Security Checks | high |
51786 | CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2011:0162) | Nessus | CentOS Local Security Checks | medium |
51569 | RHEL 4 : kernel (RHSA-2011:0162) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | medium |
51500 | RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2011:0007) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | high |
51374 | Fedora 13 : kernel-2.6.34.7-66.fc13 (2010-18983) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | high |
801505 | CentOS RHSA-2011-0303 Security Check | Log Correlation Engine | Generic | high |
801503 | CentOS RHSA-2011-0162 Security Check | Log Correlation Engine | Generic | high |