CVE-2008-2826

Integer overflow in the sctp_getsockopt_local_addrs_old function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and system outage) via vectors involving a large addr_num field in an sctp_getaddrs_old data structure.

• CWE-190

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=735ce972fbc8a65fb17788debd7bbe7b4383cc62
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.9Broken Link
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lwn.net/Articles/287350/Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30901Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31107Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31202Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31551Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31628Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32370Third Party Advisory
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0207Broken Link
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.7Broken Link
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174Third Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29990Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020514Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2511Third Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43559Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2629Broken Link
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=735ce972fbc8a65fb17788debd7bbe7b4383cc62
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.9Broken Link
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lwn.net/Articles/287350/Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30901Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31107Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31202Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31551Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31628Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32370Third Party Advisory
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0207Broken Link
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.7Broken Link
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174Third Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29990Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020514Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2511Third Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43559Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2629Broken Link

Published

Jul 2, 2008

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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