UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15115

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15115

    Published: 15 Nov 2017Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-15115
    Aliases:
    USN-3581-1
    USN-3581-2
    USN-3581-3

    Summary:

    Details: The sctp_do_peeloff function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14 does not check whether the intended netns is used in a peel-off action, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15115, https://git.kernel.org/linus/df80cd9b28b9ebaa284a41df611dbf3a2d05ca74, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/282, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3581-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3581-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3582-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3582-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3581-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3583-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3583-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15115

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-142.191

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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