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CVE-2024-0639

Kernel: potential deadlock on &net->sctp.addr_wq_lock leading to dos

CVSS 5.5 MEDIUMEPSS 0.2%CWE-833
A denial of service vulnerability due to a deadlock was found in sctp_auto_asconf_init in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel’s SCTP subsystem. This flaw allows guests with local user privileges to trigger a deadlock and potentially crash the system.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
kernelRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0639https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258754https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6feb37b3b06e9049e20dcf7e23998f92c9c5be9a