CVE catalog
CVE-2008-5300
linux-2.6.24 - several vulnerabilities
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.40% · Oct 25, 2026
Linux kernel 2.6.28 allows local users to cause a denial of service ("soft lockup" and process loss) via a large number of sendmsg function calls, which does not block during AF_UNIX garbage collection and triggers an OOM condition, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5029. kernel: fix soft lockups/OOM issues with unix socket garbage collector
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | linux-2.6.24 | 4.0 | 2.6.24-5~etchnhalf.1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6.24 | 4.0 | 2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6.24 | 4.0 | 2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6.24 | 4.0 | 2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.3 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6.24 | 4.0 | 2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.4 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6.24 | 4.0 | 2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.5 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6.24 | 4.0 | 2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6.24 | 4.0 | 2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.7 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | linux-2.6.24 | deb | 4.0 | 2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.7 | Not reported | DSA-1681-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
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