CVE-2015-6937
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.9
4.9CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The __rds_conn_create function in net/rds/connection.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by using a socket that was not properly bound.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=74e98eb085889b0d2d4908f59f6e00026063014f ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=74e98eb085889b0d2d4908f59f6e00026063014fPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168447.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168539.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167358.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.htmlAdvisory