CVE-2015-3332 | BDVDB-2026-69599 Detail

Description#

A certain backport in the TCP Fast Open implementation for the Linux kernel before 3.18 does not properly maintain a count value, which allow local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via the Fast Open feature, as demonstrated by visiting the chrome://flags/#enable-tcp-fast-open URL when using certain 3.10.x through 3.16.x kernel builds, including longterm-maintenance releases and ckt (aka Canonical Kernel Team) builds.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/14/14
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213951
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237
https://bugs.debian.org/782515
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/359588

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12015-05-27Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.