{
    "id": "CVE-2008-5713",
    "published": "2008-12-24 18:29:15",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:00:51",
    "cvss_score": "4.9",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-399",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.00743",
    "epss_percentile": "0.53516",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-13 18:17:07",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "linux",
            "product": "linux_kernel"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "32682",
            "title": "Linux Kernel 2.6.x - 'qdisc_run()' Local Denial of Service",
            "date": "2008-12-23",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32682"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2ba2506ca7ca62c56edaa334b0fe61eb5eab6ab0",
        "http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25",
        "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/23/1",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/33706",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/33858",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/35011",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32985",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477744",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9385",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/",
        "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2ba2506ca7ca62c56edaa334b0fe61eb5eab6ab0",
        "http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25",
        "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/23/1",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/33706",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/33858",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/35011",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32985",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477744",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9385",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/"
    ]
}