Security Advisory
CVE-2015-5283
4.7
Vulnerability Description
The sctp_init function in net/sctp/protocol.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.3 has an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic or memory corruption) by creating SCTP sockets before all of the steps have finished.
Published Date
October 19, 2015
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory