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
02 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
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
- 0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 28.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
- 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
- 2015-12-28 11:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 08:06Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-10-28
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 243d11090cc7edcb40ed643984fa833b63e2c284111cb0eb75bbdae793f65c90
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:2292http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00018.html
- 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
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276437
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0434http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00034.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2887-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-2
- lkml.org[linux-kernel] 20151016 [PATCH] RDS: fix race condition when sending a message on unbound socket.https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/10/16/530
- www.securitytracker.com1034453http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034453
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2886-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2887-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-1
- bugzilla.suse.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952384
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:2194http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2890-3http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3
- 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
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8c7188b23474cca017b3ef354c4a58456f68303a
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2889-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1
- 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.ubuntu.comUSN-2889-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151027 Re: CVE-2015-6937 - Linux kernel - NULL pointer dereference in net/rds/connection.chttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/5
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.3
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0383http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00019.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0386http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00021.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
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2890-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2
- www.securityfocus.com77340http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77340
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0384http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00020.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3396http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3396
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8c7188b23474cca017b3ef354c4a58456f68303a
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2890-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0387http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00022.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0381http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00018.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2888-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 4.2.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 4.2.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 4.2.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 3.13.0-77.121
- linux-lts-utopic Fixed in 3.16.0-60.80~14.04.1
- linux-lts-vivid Fixed in 3.19.0-49.55~14.04.1
- linux-lts-wily Fixed in 4.2.0-27.32~14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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