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CVE-2017-5986
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-02-18T21:59:00.130 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:21:34.243

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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