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CVE-2008-4113

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.7 Published: 2008-09-16 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The sctp_getsockopt_hmac_ident function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.4, when the SCTP-AUTH extension is enabled, relies on an untrusted length value to limit copying of data from kernel memory, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted SCTP_HMAC_IDENT IOCTL request involving the sctp_getsockopt function.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-200

References