VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2004-1016
CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability1.00%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-01-10
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
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.