CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-0639

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

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. Guests with local user privileges can trigger a deadlock and potentially crash the system.

Risk Assessment

An attacker with local access can crash the system, leading to service disruption and potential data loss.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS