CVE-2015-5283

MediumCVSS 4.7/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.7/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Oct 19, 2015
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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