CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-5364

7.8 HIGH Published 2015-08-31 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2015-08-31
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-399

Description

The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 do not properly consider yielding a processor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via incorrect checksums within a UDP packet flood.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 3.2.70) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.3 < 3.4.109) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.5 < 3.10.81) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.11 < 3.12.44) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.13 < 3.14.45) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.15 < 3.16.35) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.17 < 3.18.17) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.19 < 4.0.6) • redhat enterprise linux server aus 6.5 • debian debian linux 7.0 • debian debian linux 8.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 15.04

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References