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CVSS v3.1
N/A
EPSS
0.74%
Published
Dec 24, 2008
Modified
Apr 22, 2026
Public PoC / Exploit (2)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (235)
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References (20)