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CVE-2015-5283

The sctp_init function in net/sctp/protocol.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.3 has an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps, w

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Summary

The sctp_init function in net/sctp/protocol.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.3 has an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic or memory corruption) by creating SCTP sockets before all of the steps have finished.

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References 16

kernel.org

debian.org

bugzilla.redhat.com

ubuntu.com

securityfocus.com

lists.opensuse.org

GitHub · torvalds/linux

security-tracker.debian.org

oracle.com

git.kernel.org

securitytracker.com

patchwork.ozlabs.org