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Kernel: cifs: NULL pointer dereference

Published Apr 29, 2013

Description

Race condition in the smb_send_rqst function in fs/cifs/transport.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving a reconnection event.

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Red Hat statement

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

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CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Apr 29, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Apr 28, 2013
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Low
Public date Dec 27, 2012