CVE-2008-4618: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not properly handle a protocol violation in which a parameter has an invalid length, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors, related to sctp_sf_violation_paramlen, sctp_sf_abort_violation, sctp_make_abort_violation, and incorrect data types in function calls.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 2.6.26.5; version 2.2.27 only; version 2.4.36 only; version 2.4.36.1 only; version 2.4.36.2 only; version 2.4.36.3 only; …

Published 2008-10-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.