kernel: sctp: Fix kernel panic while process protocol violation parameter
Published Oct 20, 2008
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.66%
Description
The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not properly handle a protocol violation in which a parameter has an invalid length, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors, related to sctp_sf_violation_paramlen, sctp_sf_abort_violation, sctp_make_abort_violation, and incorrect data types in function calls.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.6.26.5
- 2.2.27
- 2.4.36
- 2.4.36.1
- 2.4.36.2
- 2.4.36.3
- 2.4.36.4
- 2.4.36.5
- 2.4.36.6
- 2.6
- 2.6.18
- 2.6.18
- 2.6.18
- 2.6.18
- 2.6.18
- 2.6.18
- 2.6.18
- 2.6.18
- 2.6.19.4
- 2.6.19.5
- 2.6.19.6
- 2.6.19.7
- 2.6.20.16
- 2.6.20.17
- 2.6.20.18
- 2.6.20.19
- 2.6.20.20
- 2.6.20.21
- 2.6.21.5
- 2.6.21.6
- 2.6.21.7
- 2.6.22
- 2.6.22.1
- 2.6.22.2
- 2.6.22.8
- 2.6.22.9
- 2.6.22.10
- 2.6.22.11
- 2.6.22.12
- 2.6.22.13
- 2.6.22.14
- 2.6.22.15
- 2.6.22.17
- 2.6.22.18
- 2.6.22.19
- 2.6.22.20
- 2.6.22.21
- 2.6.22.22
- 2.6.22_rc1
- 2.6.22_rc7
- 2.6.23
- 2.6.23.8
- 2.6.23.9
- 2.6.23.10
- 2.6.23.11
- 2.6.23.12
- 2.6.23.13
- 2.6.23.15
- 2.6.23.16
- 2.6.23.17
- 2.6.23_rc1
- 2.6.24
- 2.6.24.1
- 2.6.24.2
- 2.6.24.3
- 2.6.24.4
- 2.6.24.5
- 2.6.24.6
- 2.6.24.7
- 2.6.24_rc1
- 2.6.24_rc4
- 2.6.24_rc5
- 2.6.25
- 2.6.25
- 2.6.25.1
- 2.6.25.1
- 2.6.25.2
- 2.6.25.2
- 2.6.25.3
- 2.6.25.3
- 2.6.25.4
- 2.6.25.4
- 2.6.25.5
- 2.6.25.5
- 2.6.25.6
- 2.6.25.6
- 2.6.25.7
- 2.6.25.7
- 2.6.25.8
- 2.6.25.8
- 2.6.25.9
- 2.6.25.9
- 2.6.25.10
- 2.6.25.10
- 2.6.25.11
- 2.6.25.11
- 2.6.25.12
- 2.6.25.12
- 2.6.25.13
- 2.6.25.14
- 2.6.25.15
- 2.6.25.16
- 2.6.25.17
- 2.6.26
- 2.6.26
- 2.6.26.1
- 2.6.26.2
- 2.6.26.3
- 2.6.26.4
No data.
MRG for RHEL-5
kernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-93.el5rt
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0009
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| MRG for RHEL-5 | kernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-93.el5rt | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0009 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
The versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5 were not affected by this issue.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.66% (0.02659) | 85.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.66% (0.02659) | 83.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.93% (0.00926) | 74.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.21% (0.00209) | 59.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 25, 2024 | 0.21% (0.00209) | 58.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00216) | 57.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ba0166708ef4da7eeb61dd92bbba4d5a749d6561 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32918 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32998 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33586 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/06/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31848 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4618 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465730 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4618
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4618
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.