CVE-2015-6937
The __rds_conn_create function in net/rds/connection.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have
02 Description
The __rds_conn_create function in net/rds/connection.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 43.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-10-19 10:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 07:36Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-09-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 65a73659bae5f012d57ed7ad23edb3c0dd50b2935baa34ae4e3d52a3da469e3f
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0337http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00009.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:2350http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0434http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00034.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3364http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3364
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-16440http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168447.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1727http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263139
- www.securitytracker.com1034453http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034453
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=74e98eb085889b0d2d4908f59f6e00026063014f
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:2232http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00039.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0380http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00017.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0354http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0335http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00007.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:2339http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:2108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150914 CVE-2015-6937 - Linux kernel - NULL pointer dereference in net/rds/connection.chttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/14/3
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2774-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2774-1
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0383http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00019.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/74e98eb085889b0d2d4908f59f6e00026063014f
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-16417http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167358.html
- www.securityfocus.com76767http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76767
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2773-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2773-1
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0386http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00021.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-16441http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168539.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2074http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0384http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00020.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0387http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00022.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2777-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2777-1
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0381http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00018.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 4.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 4.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 4.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 3.13.0-66.108
- linux-lts-utopic Fixed in 3.16.0-51.69~14.04.1
- linux-lts-vivid Fixed in 3.19.0-31.36~14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- linux-azure No fix yet
- linux-gcp No fix yet
- linux-hwe No fix yet
- linux-hwe-edge No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- linux-azure-fde No fix yet
- linux-gke No fix yet
- linux-gkeop No fix yet
- linux-raspi2 No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- linux-intel-iot-realtime No fix yet
- linux-realtime No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- linux-azure-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-gcp-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-hwe-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet
- linux-realtime No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- linux-azure-fde-5.15 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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