CVE-2015-3212
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.9
Description
Race condition in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (list corruption and panic) via a rapid series of system calls related to sockets, as demonstrated by setsockopt calls.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.0.8-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.0.8-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.0.8-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.0.8-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.0.8-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2d45a02d0166caf2627fe91897c6ffc3b19514c4
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00049.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1778.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1787.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3329
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76082
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033169
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2713-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2714-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2715-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2716-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2717-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2718-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2719-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1226442
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2d45a02d0166caf2627fe91897c6ffc3b19514c4
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05211147
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3212
CWEs
CWE-362
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.