CVE-2015-5283 | BDVDB-2026-72293 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.3
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3372
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257528
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2826-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77058
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8e2d61e0aed2b7c4ecb35844fe07e0b2b762dee4
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5283
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2829-2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8e2d61e0aed2b7c4ecb35844fe07e0b2b762dee4
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2829-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2823-1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033808
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Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.