CVE-2015-7990

kernel: Race condition when sending message on unbound socket causing NULL pointer dereference

Published Dec 28, 2015 CVSS 3.0 · 5.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Race condition in the rds_sendmsg function in net/rds/sendmsg.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.3 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-6937.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-360-1 linux-2.6 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3396-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-7886 Race condition in the rds_sendmsg function in net/rds/sendmsg.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.3 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-6937.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2886-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2886-2 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2887-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2887-2 Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2888-1 Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2889-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2889-2 Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2890-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2890-2 Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2890-3 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities
References
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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8c7188b23474cca017b3ef354c4a58456f68303a 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/msg00005.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00018.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-3396 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/5 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77340 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034453 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276437 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952384 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8c7188b23474cca017b3ef354c4a58456f68303a cve-icon cve-icon
https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/10/16/530 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7990 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7990 cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 8:06 AM
Reserved
Oct 28, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 28, 2015, 11:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:33 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 16, 2015, 12:00 AM