Buffer overflow in Linux Kernel

CVE-2015-5283

The sctp_init function in net/sctp/protocol.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.3 has an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic or memory corruption) by creating SCTP sockets before all of the steps have finished.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.005 (42.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.