CVE-2015-7990

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.

Category

5.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.05%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00018.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00009.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276437
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00034.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-2 vendor advisory
https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/10/16/530 mailing list
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034453 vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-1 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952384
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00039.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00017.html vendor advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8c7188b23474cca017b3ef354c4a58456f68303a
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00007.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2 vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/5 mailing list
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.3 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00019.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00021.html vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77340 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00020.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3396 vendor advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8c7188b23474cca017b3ef354c4a58456f68303a
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00022.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00018.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-7990?
CVE-2015-7990 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-7990?
To fix CVE-2015-7990, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-7990 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2015-7990 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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