CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-5986
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.1 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362, CWE-617
Description
Race 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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 4.9.11)
Related
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2dcab598484185dea7ec22219c76dcdd59e3cb90 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3804 www.debian.org
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.11 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/6 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96222 www.securityfocus.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1308 access.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1420276 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2dcab598484185dea7ec22219c76dcdd59e3cb90 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2dcab598484185dea7ec22219c76dcdd59e3cb90 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3804 www.debian.org
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.11 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/6 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96222 www.securityfocus.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1308 access.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1420276 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2dcab598484185dea7ec22219c76dcdd59e3cb90 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory