Description of the problem: Binding might result in a NULL device which is later dereferenced in rds_iw_laddr_check() function without checking. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system. Upstream patch: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git/commit/net/rds/iw.c?id=bf39b4247b8799935ea91d90db250ab608a58e50 References: http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/711
Statement: (none)
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: fedora-all [bug 1083280]
kernel-3.13.9-100.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
kernel-3.13.9-200.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
This issue has been addressed in following products: MRG for RHEL-6 v.2 Via RHSA-2014:0557 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0557.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Via RHSA-2014:0926 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0926.html
IssueDescription: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the rds_iw_laddr_check() function in the Linux kernel's implementation of Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS). A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system.
This issue has been addressed in following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Via RHSA-2014:0981 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0981.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 EUS - Server and Compute Node Only Via RHSA-2014:1101 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1101.html