{"id":"CVE-2013-4312","details":"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and net/unix/garbage.c.","modified":"2026-01-27T04:12:13.716679Z","published":"2016-02-08T03:59:00Z","withdrawn":"2026-01-27T04:12:13.716679Z","related":["MGASA-2016-0225","MGASA-2016-0232","MGASA-2016-0233","SUSE-SU-2016:2245-1","SUSE-SU-2016:2976-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3069-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0333-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=712f4aad406bb1ed67f3f98d04c044191f0ff593"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3448"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2931-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1297813"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/712f4aad406bb1ed67f3f98d04c044191f0ff593"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4312"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176464.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82986"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}