CVE-2004-1016: Linux Kernel

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The scm_send function in the scm layer for Linux kernel 2.4.x up to 2.4.28, and 2.6.x up to 2.6.9, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via crafted auxiliary messages that are passed to the sendmsg function, which causes a deadlock condition.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.4.0 only; version 2.4.1 only; version 2.4.2 only; version 2.4.3 only; version 2.4.4 only; version 2.4.5 only; …
• Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux: version 4.1 only

Published 2005-01-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.