description: A flaw was found in the way memory resources were freed in the unix_stream_recvmsg function in the Linux kernel when a signal was pending. This flaw allows an unprivileged local user to crash the system by exhausting available memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
problem types: CWE-400
affected:
{
product: kernel
vendor: n/a
versions:
status: affected, version: Linux kernel 4.5-rc3
}