CVE-2017-5986 (GCVE-0-2017-5986)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-18 21:40 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:18
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Summary
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.
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CWE
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2017-02-14 00:00
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