The scm_send function in the scm layer for Linux kernel 2.4.x up to 2.4.28, and 2.6.x up to 2.6.9, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via crafted auxiliary messages that are passed to the sendmsg function, which causes a deadlock condition.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-12-15T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:38:59.670Z

Reserved: 2004-11-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-1016

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-01-10T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2018-05-03T01:29:26.897

Link: CVE-2004-1016

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2004-12-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2004-1016 - Bugzilla