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GHSA-93r7-h3jv-xg2q
GHSA-93r7-h3jv-xg2q
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022
Race condition in the sctp_wait_for_sndbuf function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and panic) via a multithreaded application that peels off an association in a certain buffer-full state.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
- May 13, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (2 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1420276 url
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1308 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96222 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5986 advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2dcab598484185dea7ec22219c76dcdd59e3cb90 url
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2dcab598484185dea7ec22219c76dcdd59e3cb90 url
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3804 url
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.11 url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/6 url