Security Advisory
CVE-2013-4312
6.2
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
February 8, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory