CVE-2024-0639 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A denial of service vulnerability due to a deadlock was found in sctp_auto_asconf_init in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel’s SCTP subsystem. This flaw allows guests with local user privileges to trigger a deadlock and potentially crash the system.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel
Redhat	Enterprise Linux

Configuration 1 [-]

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Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
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No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0639
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258754
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6feb37b3b06e9049e20dcf7e23998f92c9c5be9a
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0639
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0639

History

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2024-01-17T15:14:47.088Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T21:19:18.952Z

Reserved: 2024-01-17T09:18:42.812Z

Link: CVE-2024-0639

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-06-17T21:14:48.226Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-17T16:15:46.810

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:47:02.987

Link: CVE-2024-0639

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-06-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-0639 - Bugzilla

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