CVE-2015-7990

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.3.3 - Race Condition in rds_sendmsg Function

Title source: llm

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.

References (37)

Core 37

Core References

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00018.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00009.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276437

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00034.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-2

Various Sources mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/10/16/530

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034453

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-1

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952384

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00039.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00017.html

Patch x_refsource_confirm

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8c7188b23474cca017b3ef354c4a58456f68303a

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00007.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/5

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.3

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00019.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00021.html

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77340

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00020.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3396

Patch x_refsource_confirm

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8c7188b23474cca017b3ef354c4a58456f68303a

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00022.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00018.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1

Scores

CVSS v3 5.8

EPSS 0.0035

EPSS Percentile 26.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-362

Status published

Products (1)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.3.2

Published Dec 28, 2015

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026