CVE-2019-8956

A use-after-free issue was found in the Linux kernel's SCTP implementation. The issue could occur while traversing a list of endpoint associations to send a message to all of them via SCTP_SENDALL process. A user/process could use this flaw to crash the kernel resulting in a denial of service or potentially escalate privileges on a system.

This issue does not affect the versions of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.

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