CVE-2015-5283

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5283
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-10-19 10:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.7 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/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
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3372-1 linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Exploit
USN-2829-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:2194-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1727-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[net] sctp: fix race on protocol/netns initialization - Patchwork af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patchwork.ozlabs.org Exploit
USN-2829-2: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Bug 1257528 – CVE-2015-5283 kernel: Creating multiple sockets when SCTP module isn't loaded leads to kernel panic af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE-2015-5283 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security-tracker.debian.org
Linux Kernel SCTP Initialization Race Condition Lets Local Users Cause Denial of Service Conditions on the Target System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
USN-2826-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-2823-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
sctp: fix race on protocol/netns initialization · torvalds/linux@8e2d61e · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit
Linux Kernel SCTP Implementation CVE-2015-5283 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE-2015-5283 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
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