Linux Kernel Unix Sockets Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Linux Kernel Unix Sockets Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

af_unix: limit unix_tot_inflight (Eric Dumazet)
Bug 656756 - (CVE-2010-4249) CVE-2010-4249 kernel: unix socket local dos Aliases (Eugene Teo)
Download/kernel/rhel4/023stab054.1 (OpenVZ)
Download/kernel/rhel5/028stab085.2 (OpenVZ)
Linux kernel Homepage (kernel.org)
Simple kernel attack using socketpair. easy, 100% reproductiblle, works under gu (???? ?????????)
Unix socket local DOS (OOM) (gmane)
ASA-2011-032 kernel security and bug fix update (RHSA-2011-0162) (Avaya)
ASA-2011-089 kernel security and bug fix update (RHSA-2011-0303) (Avaya)

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