vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2017-5986: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (RHSA-2017:1308)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | 2017-02-18 | 2017-05-27 | 2020-03-27 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
2017-02-18
Added
2017-05-27
Modified
2020-03-27
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
redhat-upgrade-kernel
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