### [CVE-2013-4312](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4312)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon