CVE-2015-3332
Linux Kernel < 3.17.8 - Denial of Service via TCP Fast Open Count Mismanagement
Title source: llmDescription
A certain backport in the TCP Fast Open implementation for the Linux kernel before 3.18 does not properly maintain a count value, which allow local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via the Fast Open feature, as demonstrated by visiting the chrome://flags/#enable-tcp-fast-open URL when using certain 3.10.x through 3.16.x kernel builds, including longterm-maintenance releases and ckt (aka Canonical Kernel Team) builds.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/14/14
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213951
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.debian.org/782515
Various Sources mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/359588
Scores
EPSS
0.0038
EPSS Percentile
30.9%
Details
CWE
CWE-399
Status
published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux
linux/linux_kernel
< 3.17.8
Published
May 27, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026