CVE-2015-5364

Linux kernel <4.0.6 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (38)

Core 38

Core References

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00011.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00009.html

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=beb39db59d14990e401e235faf66a6b9b31240b0

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2713-1

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2680-1

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2682-1

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00021.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1778.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2714-1

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.6

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1096.html

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/605854034260426753

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00049.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3329

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/30/13

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1239029

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1787.html

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032794

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2684-1

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3313

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2681-1

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0045.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2683-1

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00010.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75510

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1225

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1100.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1623.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00023.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00007.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00018.html

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/beb39db59d14990e401e235faf66a6b9b31240b0

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Scores

EPSS 0.2123

EPSS Percentile 95.7%

Details

CWE

CWE-399

Status published

Products (7)

canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 15.04

debian/debian_linux 7.0

debian/debian_linux 8.0

linux/linux_kernel < 3.2.70

redhat/enterprise_linux_server_aus 6.5

Published Aug 31, 2015

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026