CVE-2015-5283

 

Published at: - 19-10-2015 12:59

Last modified: - 21-09-2022 08:44

Total changes: - 2

Description

The sctp_init function in net/sctp/protocol.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.3 has an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic or memory corruption) by creating SCTP sockets before all of the steps have finished.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

 

Verification logic

 

Reference

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5283
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8e2d61e0aed2b7c4ecb35844fe07e0b2b762dee4
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8e2d61e0aed2b7c4ecb35844fe07e0b2b762dee4
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257528
• http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/515996/
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.3
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
• 77058-
• SUSE-SU-2015:2194-
• DSA-3372-
• USN-2829-2-
• USN-2823-1-
• USN-2826-1-
• USN-2829-1-
• 1033808-
• SUSE-SU-2015:1727-

 

Keywords

NVD

 

CVE-2015-5283

 

CVE

 

Common vulnerabilities & exposures

 

CVSS

 

Common vulnerability scoring system

 

Security

 

Vulnerabilities

 

Exposures