Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel through 4.10.1

CVE-2017-6353 · MEDIUM Severity

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

net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.1 does not properly restrict association peel-off operations during certain wait states, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (invalid unlock and double free) via a multithreaded application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2017-5986.

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