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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-5986): Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-5986): Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
02/18/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/01/2017
Modified
08/25/2021

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-117-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-117-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-117-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-117-powerpc-e500
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-117-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-117-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-117-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1012-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1016-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1054-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1057-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-75-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-75-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-75-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-75-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-75-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-75-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-1035-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-49-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-49-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-49-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-49-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-8-0-49-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-trusty
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-trusty
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon

References

  • USN-3264-1
  • USN-3264-2
  • USN-3265-1
  • USN-3265-2
  • USN-3266-1
  • USN-3266-2
  • DLA-849-1
  • DSA-3804
  • CVE-2017-5986
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