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CVE-2008-2826

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.9 Published: 2008-07-02 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Opensuse OpensuseLinux Linux KernelCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Debian Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-190

References