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CVE-2015-3212

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-08-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-362

Description

Race condition in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (list corruption and panic) via a rapid series of system calls related to sockets, as demonstrated by setsockopt calls.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: through 4.1.1

References

• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2d45a02d0166caf2627fe91897c6ffc3b19514c4
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00049.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1778.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1787.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3329
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.2
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76082
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033169
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2713-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2714-1

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