Description
The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 do not properly consider yielding a processor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via incorrect checksums within a UDP packet flood.
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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00011.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00009.html ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=beb39db59d14990e401e235faf66a6b9b31240b0 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2713-1 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2680-1 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2682-1 ↗
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00021.html ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1778.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2714-1 ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.6 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1096.html ↗
- https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/605854034260426753 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00049.html ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3329 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/30/13 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1239029 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1787.html ↗
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032794 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2684-1 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3313 ↗
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2681-1 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0045.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2683-1 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00010.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75510 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1225 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1100.html ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1623.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00023.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00007.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00018.html ↗
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/beb39db59d14990e401e235faf66a6b9b31240b0 ↗