Integer overflow in the sctp_getsockopt_local_addrs_old function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp)…

Description

Integer overflow in the sctp_getsockopt_local_addrs_old function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and system outage) via vectors involving a large addr_num field in an sctp_getaddrs_old data structure.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.43% · top 63% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-190 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-190 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (23)

• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0207 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-1630 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 29990 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:167 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2008:052 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 31551 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=735ce972fbc8a65fb17788debd7bbe7b4383cc62 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 30901 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0585 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• linux-kernel-sctpgetsockopt-dos(43559) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:174 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 31107 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2008:037 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://lwn.net/Articles/287350/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2511 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 32370 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2629 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 31628 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 31202 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-625-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 1020514 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 09:14 UTC.