{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-07-24T18:45:11+00:00","cve":"CVE-2015-5283","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2015-5283","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2015-5283.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5283","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5283"},"summary":{"title":"CVE-2015-5283","description":"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.","state":"PUBLISHED","assigner":"redhat","published_at":"2015-10-19 10:59:03","updated_at":"2026-05-06 22:30:45"},"problem_types":["CWE-119","n/a"],"metrics":[{"version":"2.0","source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","score":"4.7","severity":"","vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C","data":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C","baseScore":4.7,"accessVector":"LOCAL","accessComplexity":"MEDIUM","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","availabilityImpact":"COMPLETE"}}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3372","name":"http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3372","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3372-1 linux","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8e2d61e0aed2b7c4ecb35844fe07e0b2b762dee4","name":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8e2d61e0aed2b7c4ecb35844fe07e0b2b762dee4","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Exploit"],"title":"kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2829-1","name":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2829-1","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"USN-2829-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.3","name":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.3","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"","mime":"text/plain","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html","name":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:2194-1: important: Security update for","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html","name":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1727-1: important: Security update for","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/515996/","name":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/515996/","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Exploit"],"title":"[net] sctp: fix race on protocol/netns initialization - Patchwork","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2829-2","name":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2829-2","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"USN-2829-2: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257528","name":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257528","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"Bug 1257528 – CVE-2015-5283 kernel: Creating multiple sockets when SCTP module isn't loaded leads to kernel panic","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5283","name":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5283","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"CVE-2015-5283","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033808","name":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033808","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"Linux Kernel SCTP Initialization Race Condition Lets Local Users Cause Denial of Service Conditions on the Target System - SecurityTracker","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2826-1","name":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2826-1","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"USN-2826-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2823-1","name":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2823-1","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"USN-2823-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html","name":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8e2d61e0aed2b7c4ecb35844fe07e0b2b762dee4","name":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8e2d61e0aed2b7c4ecb35844fe07e0b2b762dee4","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Exploit"],"title":"sctp: fix race on protocol/netns initialization · torvalds/linux@8e2d61e · GitHub","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77058","name":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77058","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"Linux Kernel SCTP Implementation CVE-2015-5283 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2152","name":"MISC:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2152","refsource":"MITRE","tags":[],"title":"Red Hat Customer Portal","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2411","name":"MISC:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2411","refsource":"MITRE","tags":[],"title":"Red Hat Customer Portal","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5283","name":"MISC:https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5283","refsource":"MITRE","tags":[],"title":"CVE-2015-5283 - Red Hat Customer Portal","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5283","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5283","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[{"source":"CNA","vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","version":"affected n/a","platforms":[]}],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[{"cve_year":"2015","cve_id":"5283","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"4.2.2","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"linux","cpe5":"linux_kernel","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"}],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":null,"legacy_qids":[]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"containers":{"adp":[{"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2024-08-06T06:41:09.350Z","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","shortName":"CVE"},"references":[{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.3"},{"name":"DSA-3372","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_DEBIAN","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3372"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"],"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257528"},{"name":"USN-2826-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2826-1"},{"name":"77058","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77058"},{"name":"SUSE-SU-2015:1727","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE","x_transferred"],"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"],"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8e2d61e0aed2b7c4ecb35844fe07e0b2b762dee4"},{"name":"SUSE-SU-2015:2194","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE","x_transferred"],"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"],"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5283"},{"name":"USN-2829-2","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2829-2"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"],"url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8e2d61e0aed2b7c4ecb35844fe07e0b2b762dee4"},{"name":"USN-2829-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2829-1"},{"name":"USN-2823-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2823-1"},{"name":"1033808","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033808"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"],"url":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/515996/"}],"title":"CVE Program Container"}],"cna":{"affected":[{"product":"n/a","vendor":"n/a","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"n/a"}]}],"datePublic":"2015-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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."}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2016-12-06T18:57:01.000Z","orgId":"53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749","shortName":"redhat"},"references":[{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.3"},{"name":"DSA-3372","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_DEBIAN"],"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3372"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257528"},{"name":"USN-2826-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU"],"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2826-1"},{"name":"77058","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID"],"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77058"},{"name":"SUSE-SU-2015:1727","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE"],"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8e2d61e0aed2b7c4ecb35844fe07e0b2b762dee4"},{"name":"SUSE-SU-2015:2194","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE"],"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5283"},{"name":"USN-2829-2","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU"],"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2829-2"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8e2d61e0aed2b7c4ecb35844fe07e0b2b762dee4"},{"name":"USN-2829-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU"],"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2829-1"},{"name":"USN-2823-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU"],"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2823-1"},{"name":"1033808","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK"],"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033808"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/515996/"}]}},"cveMetadata":{"assignerOrgId":"53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749","assignerShortName":"redhat","cveId":"CVE-2015-5283","datePublished":"2015-10-19T10:00:00.000Z","dateReserved":"2015-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-06T06:41:09.350Z","state":"PUBLISHED"},"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1"},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2015-10-19 10:59:03","lastModifiedDate":"2026-05-06 22:30:45","problem_types":["CWE-119","n/a"],"metrics":{"cvssMetricV2":[{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","cvssData":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C","baseScore":4.7,"accessVector":"LOCAL","accessComplexity":"MEDIUM","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","availabilityImpact":"COMPLETE"},"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","exploitabilityScore":3.4,"impactScore":6.9,"acInsufInfo":false,"obtainAllPrivilege":false,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":false,"userInteractionRequired":false}]},"configurations":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndIncluding":"4.2.2","matchCriteriaId":"137B78AE-9E92-484D-92CA-14AEC289227F"}]}]}]},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2015","CveId":"5283","Ordinal":"1","Title":"CVE-2015-5283","CVE":"CVE-2015-5283","Year":"2015"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2015","CveId":"5283","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"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.","Type":"Description","Title":"CVE-2015-5283"},{"CveYear":"2015","CveId":"5283","Ordinal":"2","NoteData":"2015-10-19","Type":"Other","Title":"Published"},{"CveYear":"2015","CveId":"5283","Ordinal":"3","NoteData":"2016-12-06","Type":"Other","Title":"Modified"}]}}}