Use-after-free vulnerability in the sctp_assoc_update function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slab corruption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering an INIT collision that leads to improper handling of shared-key data.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1421
Reference (s):
- BID:72356
- URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72356
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=600ddd6825543962fb807884169e57b580dba208
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.8
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196581