PT-2016-4009 · Linux+5 · Linux Kernel+5

Wade Mealing · Published 2015-11-18 · Updated 2018-08-30 · CVE-2015-8767

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.3

Description The issue is related to the net/sctp/sm sideeffect.c file in the Linux kernel, where it does not properly manage the relationship between a lock and a socket. This allows local users to cause a denial of service, specifically a deadlock, by making a crafted sctp accept call.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.3, update to version 4.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-2010

ALT-PU-2016-1485

CESA-2016_0715

CESA-2016_1277

CVE-2015-8767

DLA-412-1

DSA-3448-1

DSA-3503-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_0280-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_0301-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_0318-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1008-1

RHSA-2016:0715

RHSA-2016:1277

RHSA-2016:1301

RHSA-2016:1341

RHSA-2016_0715

RHSA-2016_1277

RHSA-2016_1301

SUSE-SU-2016:0585-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0785-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0911-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1102-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1203-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1

USN-2930-1

USN-2930-2

USN-2930-3

USN-2931-1

USN-2932-1

USN-2967-1

USN-2967-2

USN-3083-1

USN-3083-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 363

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/overlayfs_priv_esc.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/xairy/kernel-exploits/tree/master/CVE-2016-2384 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/fi01/CVE-2015-3636 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/android-rooting-tools/libpingpong_exploit · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/panyu6325/CVE-2015-1805 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/nardholio/cve-2016-0728 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/a7vinx/CVE-2015-3636 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/askk/libping_unhash_exploit_POC · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/Kagami/docker_cve-2015-2925 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/bittorrent3389/cve-2016-0728 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/FloatingGuy/cve-2015-1805 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/betalphafai/cve-2015-3636_crash · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/neuschaefer/cve-2016-0728-testbed · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/ireshchaminda1/Android-Privilege-Escalation-Remote-Access-Vulnerability-CVE-2015-1805 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/geekben/cve-collections/blob/master/cve20160728poc.c · Exploit