CVE-2008-3276: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 3.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Integer overflow in the dccp_setsockopt_change function in net/dccp/proto.c in the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.17-rc1 through 2.6.26.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted integer value, related to Change L and Change R options without at least one byte in the dccpsf_val field.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.6.17 only; version 2.6.17.1 only; version 2.6.17.2 only; version 2.6.17.3 only; version 2.6.17.4 only; version 2.6.17.5 only; …

Published 2008-08-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.