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SUSE: CVE-2015-8767: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2015-8767: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
02/07/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/28/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:0585-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:0785-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:0911
  • SUSE-SU-2016:0911-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1102
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1102-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1203-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2074
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1
  • RHSA-2016:0715
  • RHSA-2016:1277
  • RHSA-2016:1301
  • RHSA-2016:1341
  • DLA-412-1
  • DSA-3448
  • DSA-3503
  • 80268
  • USN-2930-1
  • USN-2930-2
  • USN-2930-3
  • USN-2931-1
  • USN-2932-1
  • USN-2967-1
  • USN-2967-2
  • USN-3083-1
  • USN-3083-2
  • CVE-2015-8767
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