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A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The vulnerability is caused due &quot;sendmsg()&quot; not correctly blocking while the UNIX garbage collector is running. This can be exploited to e.g. cause soft lockups or trigger out of memory conditions in other applications via certain UNIX socket operations. Linux Kernel 2.6.x Fixed in the GIT repository. <a href=http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/112695 target=_blank>http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/112695</a>

A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The vulnerability is caused due &quot;sendmsg()&quot; not correctly blocking while the UNIX garbage collector is running. This can be exploited to e.g. cause soft lockups or trigger out of memory conditions in other applications via certain UNIX socket operations. Linux Kernel 2.6.x Fixed in the GIT repository. <a href=http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/112695 target=_blank>http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/112695</a>