CVE-2014-4667: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 5.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The sctp_association_free function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not properly manage a certain backlog value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (socket outage) via a crafted SCTP packet.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: before 3.15.2 (fixed in 3.15.2)
• Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: version 11 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension: version 11 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Server: version 10 only; version 11 only

Published 2014-07-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.