Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's SCTP Socket Management

CVE-2015-8767 · MEDIUM Severity

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

net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3 does not properly manage the relationship between a lock and a socket, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via a crafted sctp_accept call.

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