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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2010-11-29T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T03:34:37.978Z

Reserved: 2010-11-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2010-4249

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-11-29T16:00:04.213

Modified: 2023-02-13T04:28:24.287

Link: CVE-2010-4249

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2010-11-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-4249 - Bugzilla