CVE-2015-5283: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.7. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 4.2.2

Published 2015-10-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.