CVE-2004-1068

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

A "missing serialization" error in the unix_dgram_recvmsg function in Linux 2.4.27 and earlier, and 2.6.x up to 2.6.9, allows local users to gain privileges via a race condition.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.4.0, 2.4.0-test1, 2.4.0-test10, 2.4.0-test11, 2.4.0-test12, 2.4.0-test2 (+58)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 2.1, 3.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 3.0
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation: 2.1
Ubuntu Linux: 4.1

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110306397320336&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/19607
http://secunia.com/advisories/20162
http://secunia.com/advisories/20163
http://secunia.com/advisories/20202
http://secunia.com/advisories/20338
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:022

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