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CVE-2015-8767
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…
Medium6.2EPSS 0.39%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.2 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 67% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (25)
- USN-2930-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2967-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1341 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:0715 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-2930-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1301 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160111 CVE Request: Linux kernel - SCTP denial of service during heartbeat timeout functions. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-3503 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-2967-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=635682a14427d241bab7bbdeebb48a7d7b91638e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2930-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1102 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2932-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1297389 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-5d43766e33 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2074 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 80268 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/635682a14427d241bab7bbdeebb48a7d7b91638e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2931-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-3448 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1277 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0911 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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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