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CVE-2015-7990

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.

  • Published: Dec 28, 2015
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2015-7990
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.8
  • AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.9
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel - 4.3.2.x