CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-6937

4.9 MEDIUM Published 2015-10-19 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2015-10-19
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 4.2.3) • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • debian debian linux 7.0 • debian debian linux 8.0

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=74e98eb085889b0d2d4908f59f6e00026063014f Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168447.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168539.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167358.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00009.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00017.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00018.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00019.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00022.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00034.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00039.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3364 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/14/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html www.oracle.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76767 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034453 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2773-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2774-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2777-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263139 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/74e98eb085889b0d2d4908f59f6e00026063014f Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=74e98eb085889b0d2d4908f59f6e00026063014f Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168447.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168539.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167358.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00009.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00017.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00018.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00019.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00022.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00034.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00039.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3364 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/14/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html www.oracle.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76767 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034453 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2773-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2774-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2777-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263139 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/74e98eb085889b0d2d4908f59f6e00026063014f Patch, Third Party Advisory