CVE-2015-8767
net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3 does not properly manage the relationship between a lock and a socket, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via a
02 Description
net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3 does not properly manage the relationship between a lock and a socket, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via a
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 32.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-02-08 02:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 08:29Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-01-11
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 11216abbbe71aef8d7db70a940b351c9d3705a0f8235ce4d85b438d110567167
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2930-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2967-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1341https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1341
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0715http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0715.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2930-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-2
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1301https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1301
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160111 CVE Request: Linux kernel - SCTP denial of service during heartbeat timeout functions.http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/11/4
- www.debian.orgDSA-3503http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2967-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=635682a14427d241bab7bbdeebb48a7d7b91638e
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2930-3http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-3
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1102http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2932-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1297389
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-5d43766e33http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2074http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
- www.securityfocus.com80268http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80268
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/635682a14427d241bab7bbdeebb48a7d7b91638e
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2931-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2931-1
- www.debian.orgDSA-3448http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3448
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1008http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1277https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1277
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0911http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 4.3.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 4.3.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 4.3.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 3.13.0-96.143
- linux-lts-utopic Fixed in 3.16.0-67.87~14.04.1
- linux-lts-vivid Fixed in 3.19.0-56.62~14.04.1
- linux-lts-wily Fixed in 4.2.0-34.39~14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- linux-azure No fix yet
- linux-gcp No fix yet
- linux-hwe No fix yet
- linux-hwe-edge No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- linux-azure-fde No fix yet
- linux-gke No fix yet
- linux-gkeop No fix yet
- linux-raspi2 No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- linux-intel-iot-realtime No fix yet
- linux-realtime No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- linux-azure-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-gcp-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-hwe-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet
- linux-realtime No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- linux-azure-fde-5.15 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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