CVE-2004-1069 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2004-1069?

CVE-2004-1069 is a low-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 Dec 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Race condition in SELinux 2.6.x through 2.6.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via SOCK_SEQPACKET unix domain sockets, which are not properly handled in the sock_dgram_sendmsg function.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1069?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Linux kernel, Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2004-1069?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1069 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2004-1069 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1069 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-mx9x-jhv9-37pc.