VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-5713
CVSS score4.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.74%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-12-24
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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 traffic, as demonstrated by multiple simultaneous invocations of the Netperf benchmark application in UDP_STREAM mode.