Vulnerability identifier: #VU51548
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv3.1:
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Operating systems & Components /
Operating system
Vendor:
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in the unix_stream_recvmsg function in the Linux kernel when a signal was pending. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
External links
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1908827
http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fa0dc04df259ba2df3ce1920e9690c7842f8fa4b
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?