CVE-2015-5283

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…

published October 19, 2015

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
44.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00549 · 44.9th percentile
Published
2015-10-19T10:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 OCT 10:00Z
    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…
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