CVE-2015-5364 in Google Android

Summary

The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 do not properly consider yielding a processor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via incorrect checksums within a UDP packet flood.

Reservation

07/01/2015

Disclosure

08/31/2015

Entries

VulDB provides additional information and datapoints for this CVE:

ID	Vulnerability	CWE	Exp	Cou	CVE
91460	Google Android Kernel Networking resource management	399	Not defined	Official fix	CVE-2015-5364
76324	Linux Kernel UDP Packet udp.c resource management	399	Unproven	Official fix	CVE-2015-5364