CVE-2017-5986
Moderate
CVE-2017-5986
Race condition in the sctp_wait_for_sndbuf function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and panic) via a multithreaded application that peels off an association in a certain buffer-full state.
Exploit probability
1.2%
Published
February 18, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-5986
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Race condition in the sctp_wait_for_sndbuf function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and panic) via a multithreaded application that peels off an association in a certain buffer-full state.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2dcab598484185dea7ec22219c76dcdd59e3cb90
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3804
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96222
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1308
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1420276
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2dcab598484185dea7ec22219c76dcdd59e3cb90