VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-5364

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability6.10%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-08-31
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 do not properly consider yielding a processor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via incorrect checksums within a UDP packet flood.

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