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.Referenceshttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d3217b15a19a4779c39b212358a5c71d725822eehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.htmlhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/27/11http://secunia.com/advisories/59790http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2335-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2334-1http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/60564http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68224http://secunia.com/advisories/59777http://secunia.com/advisories/60596http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3068.htmlhttp://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3069.htmlhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1113967http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.2http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2992http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d3217b15a19a4779c39b212358a5c71d725822eehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
