01 Record
CVE-2008-5713
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 54.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-12-24 17:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 11:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b2bc84e0b7176359a64bd9b2d116ded0902f19fbb71e048f71cfbd690cd58ec6
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com33706http://secunia.com/advisories/33706
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20081223 CVE request: kernel: soft lockup occurs when network load is very highhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/23/1
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2ba2506ca7ca62c56edaa334b0fe61eb5eab6ab0
- www.debian.orgDSA-1794http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477744
- secunia.com35011http://secunia.com/advisories/35011
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9385https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9385
- kernel.orghttp://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0264http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html
- secunia.com33858http://secunia.com/advisories/33858
- www.securityfocus.com32985http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32985
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-714-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/