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CVE-2017-5986

CVSS v3.0 5.5 (Medium)
55% Progress
CVSS v2.0 7.1 (High)
71% Progress
EPSS 0.08 % (36th)
0.08% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 26
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CWE-617
Reachable Assertion
Related CVEs
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2017-02-18 21:59:00
(7 years ago)
Updated Date
2019-10-03 00:03:26
(5 years ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel 4.9.11 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel <= 4.9.11