CVE-2015-8767
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.2 · CWE-362
6.2CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3 does not properly manage the relationship between a lock and a socket, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via a crafted sctp_accept call.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=635682a14427d241bab7bbdeebb48a7d7b91638e ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=635682a14427d241bab7bbdeebb48a7d7b91638ePatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0715.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3448Advisory