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SUSE: CVE-2017-5986: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-5986: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
02/18/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/23/2017
Modified
02/04/2022

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(s)

  • suse-upgrade-cluster-md-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-cluster-network-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-dlm-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-default
  • 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
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-default

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:0575-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:1247-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:1301-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:1360-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:1990-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2342-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2525-1
  • DLA-849-1
  • DSA-3804
  • CVE-2017-5986
  • USN-3264-1
  • USN-3264-2
  • USN-3265-1
  • USN-3265-2
  • USN-3266-1
  • USN-3266-2
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