GHSA-vqj4-45vx-v6r9

GHSA-vqj4-45vx-v6r9 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.199999809265137 MEDIUM

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022

The Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it, related to net/unix/af_unix.c and net/unix/garbage.c.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

6.199999809265137

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Timeline

May 13, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch (11 in total, the first dated here)
Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory (6 in total, the first dated here)

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