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CVE-2015-5364
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…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 6.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By debian
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.1% · top 6.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
38
- SUSE-SU-2015:1491 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1489 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=beb39db59d14990e401e235faf66a6b9b31240b0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2713-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1488 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2680-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2682-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1611 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1778 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-2714-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1096 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/605854034260426753 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1324 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-3329 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150630 CVE Request: UDP checksum DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1239029 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1787 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1032794 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1382 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2684-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-3313 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2681-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:0045 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1478 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2683-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1490 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 75510 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1225 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1100 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1623 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1224 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1487 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1592 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/beb39db59d14990e401e235faf66a6b9b31240b0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-5320 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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