Bug 1257528 (CVE-2015-5283) - CVE-2015-5283 kernel: Creating multiple sockets when SCTP module isn't loaded leads to kernel panic
Summary: CVE-2015-5283 kernel: Creating multiple sockets when SCTP module isn't loaded...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2015-5283
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1251807 1279290
Blocks: 1257532
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Reported: 2015-08-27 09:32 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2021-06-01 13:01 UTC (History)
26 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the SCTP implementation. A local user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service on the system by triggering a kernel panic when creating multiple sockets in parallel while the system did not have the SCTP module loaded.
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Last Closed: 2016-09-26 03:49:03 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:2152 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2015-11-20 00:56:02 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:2411 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2015-11-19 11:24:06 UTC

Description Adam Mariš 2015-08-27 09:32:02 UTC 
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in SCTP implementation allowing the local user to cause system DoS. Creation of multiple sockets in parallel when system doesn't have SCTP module loaded can lead to kernel panic.

Upstream patch:

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/515996/
Comment 1 Wade Mealing 2015-11-09 03:39:37 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1279290]
Comment 3 Wade Mealing 2015-11-09 03:45:09 UTC 
Statement:

This issue affects the Linux kernels as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7. Due to the limited security impact the issue is currently not planned to be addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-19 13:15:44 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2015:2411 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2411.html
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-19 23:11:55 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2015:2152 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2152.html
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-19 23:26:43 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2015:2152 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2152.html
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