CVE-2017-5986

Summary

CVECVE-2017-5986
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-18 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionRace 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362 | CWE-617

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Linux Kernel 'net/sctp/socket.c' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3804-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
sctp: avoid BUG_ON on sctp_wait_for_sndbuf · torvalds/linux@2dcab59 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.11 CONFIRM www.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Bug 1420276 – CVE-2017-5986 kernel: Reachable BUG_ON from userspace in sctp_wait_for_sndbuf CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch
oss-security - Re: Linux kernel: Reachable BUG_ON from userspace in sctp_wait_for_sndbuf() MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378249 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for kernel-tools-libs (VZLSA-2017:1308)

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