CVE-2015-6937

kernel: net: rds: NULL pointer dereference in net/rds/connection.c

Published Oct 19, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 4.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-310-1 linux-2.6 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-360-1 linux-2.6 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3364-1 linux security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3396-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-6871 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2773-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2774-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2775-1 Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2776-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2777-1 Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2778-1 Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2779-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=74e98eb085889b0d2d4908f59f6e00026063014f cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168447.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168539.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167358.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00007.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00009.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00017.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00018.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00019.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00020.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00021.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00022.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00034.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00039.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3364 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/14/3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76767 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034453 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2773-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2774-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2777-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263139 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/74e98eb085889b0d2d4908f59f6e00026063014f cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6937 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6937 cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 7:36 AM
Reserved
Sep 14, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 19, 2015, 10:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:31 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 14, 2015, 12:00 AM