net/unix/af_unix.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by creating an abstract-namespace AF_UNIX listening socket, performing a shutdown operation on this socket, and then performing a series of connect operations to this socket.

net/unix/af_unix.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by creating an abstract-namespace AF_UNIX listening socket, performing a shutdown operation on this socket, and then performing a series of connect operations to this socket.

kernel: personality: fix PER_CLEAR_ON_SETID kernel: /proc/$pid/maps visible during initial setuid ELF loading kernel: SELinux and mmap_min_addr kernel: md: NULL pointer deref when accessing suspend_* sysfs attributes kernel: x86_64 32 bit process register leak kernel: numerous getname() infoleaks kernel: tc: uninitialised kernel memory leak kernel: fs: pipe.c null pointer dereference kernel: tcf_fill_node() infoleak due to typo in 9ef1d4c7 kernel: flood ping cause out-of-iommu error and panic when mtu larger than 1500 kernel: r128 IOCTL NULL pointer dereferences when CCE state is uninitialised kernel: AF_UNIX: Fix deadlock on connecting to shutdown socket