CVE-2015-5283
Not scored
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 users to cause a denial of service (panic or memory corruption) by creating SCTP sockets before all of the steps have finished.
Exploit probability
0.5%
Published
October 19, 2015
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 10, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2015-5283
View original source
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8e2d61e0aed2b7c4ecb35844fe07e0b2b762dee4
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/515996/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3372
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.3
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77058
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033808
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2823-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2826-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2829-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2829-2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257528
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8e2d61e0aed2b7c4ecb35844fe07e0b2b762dee4
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5283