A certain backport in the TCP Fast Open implementation for the Linux kernel before 3.18 does not properly maintain a count value, which allow local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via the Fast Open feature, as demonstrated by visiting the chrome://flags/#enable-tcp-fast-open URL when using certain 3.10.x through 3.16.x kernel builds, including longterm-maintenance releases and ckt (aka Canonical Kernel Team) builds.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T05:47:57.725Z
Reserved: 2015-04-17T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-3332

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2015-05-27T10:59:08.860
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2015-3332
