CVE-2015-1465

Summary

CVECVE-2015-1465
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-04-05 21:59:01 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.18.8 does not properly consider the length of the Read-Copy Update (RCU) grace period for redirecting lookups in the absence of caching, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or system crash) via a flood of packets.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-17 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org Vendor Advisory
USN-2545-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1488-1: important: Live patch for the L af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
ipv4: try to cache dst_entries which would cause a redirect · torvalds/linux@df4d925 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
USN-2563-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-2546-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request -- Linux kernel - net: DoS due to routing packets to too many different dsts/too fast af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-2562-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Google Android Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Deny Service and Execute Arbitrary Code and Let Applications Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information and Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
1183744 – (CVE-2015-1465) CVE-2015-1465 kernel: net: DoS due to routing packets to too many different dsts/too fast af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel 'sk_dst_get()' Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1489-1: important: Live patch for the L af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:1382-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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