Security Advisory

CVE-2015-8767

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2016-02-08 02:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-06 08:29:21
Assigner mitre
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

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.