net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.1 does not properly restrict association peel-off operations during certain wait…

Description

net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.1 does not properly restrict association peel-off operations during certain wait states, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (invalid unlock and double free) via a multithreaded application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2017-5986.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.37% · top 68% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-415 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-415 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (5)

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/dfcb9f4f99f1e9a49e43398a7bfbf56927544af1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dfcb9f4f99f1e9a49e43398a7bfbf56927544af1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 96473 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20170227 Linux: CVE-2017-6353: sctp: deny peeloff operation on asocs with threads sleeping on it (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• DSA-3804 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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 5 Aug 2024, 15:25 UTC.