MEDIUM
kernel: Race condition when sending message on unbound socket causing NULL pointer dereference
Published Dec 28, 2015
5.8
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.35%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 4.3.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kernel
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
kernel
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kernel
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kernel-rt
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2
kernel-rt
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-rt | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | kernel-rt | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue affects Red Hat enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The affected code is not available in 7, MRG and realtime kernels.
Weaknesses (2)
References (40)
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8c7188b23474cca017b3ef354c4a58456f68303a x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00018.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00007.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00009.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00017.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00018.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00019.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00020.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00021.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00022.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00034.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00039.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3396 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.3 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77340 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034453 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7990 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276437 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952384 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8c7188b23474cca017b3ef354c4a58456f68303a x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/10/16/530 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7990
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7990
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 28, 2015
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Oct 28, 2015
Link CVE-2015-7990
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a