kernel: net: sctp: null pointer dereference when processing authenticated cookie_echo chunk

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel processed an authenticated COOKIEECHO chunk during the initialization of an SCTP connection. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the system by initiating a specially crafted SCTP handshake in order to trigger a NULL pointer dereference on th...

kernel: net: sctp: null pointer dereference when processing authenticated cookie_echo chunk

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel processed an authenticated COOKIEECHO chunk during the initialization of an SCTP connection. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the system by initiating a specially crafted SCTP handshake in order to trigger a NULL pointer dereference on th...