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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
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 ↗
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/515996/ ↗