Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's UDP Packet Handling

CVE-2015-5364 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 do not properly consider yielding a processor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via incorrect checksums within a UDP packet flood.

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