vulnerability

Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-5986: Security patch for kernel ((Multiple Advisories))

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
2017-02-18
Added
2017-03-07
Modified
2022-10-14

Description

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.

Solution

amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
Title
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