CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-8767

6.2 MEDIUM Published 2016-02-08 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-02-08
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.2 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-362

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 4.3) • debian debian linux 7.0 • debian debian linux 8.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 15.10

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness

References