UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3332

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CVE-2015-3332
Published: 21 Apr 2015, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 10:07

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

21 Apr 2015, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 10:07
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 3.13.0-53.89

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-utopic

    < 3.16.0-38.52~14.04.1

References (8)