Bug 1263139 (CVE-2015-6937) - CVE-2015-6937 kernel: net: rds: NULL pointer dereference in net/rds/connection.c
Summary: CVE-2015-6937 kernel: net: rds: NULL pointer dereference in net/rds/connection.c
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2015-6937
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1263140
Blocks: Embargoed1276439
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Reported: 2015-09-15 08:12 UTC by Martin Prpič
Modified: 2021-02-17 04:56 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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A NULL-pointer dereference vulnerability was discovered in the Linux kernel. The kernel's Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation did not verify that an underlying transport existed before creating a connection to a remote server. A local system user could exploit this flaw to crash the system by creating sockets at specific times to trigger a NULL pointer dereference.
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Last Closed: 2016-05-12 01:24:52 UTC

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Description Martin Prpič 2015-09-15 08:12:46 UTC 
It was found that the Linux kernel's Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation did not verify that an underlying transport exists when creating a connection to a remote server.

This could happen on sockets that were not properly bound before attempting to send a message.

A local attacker could use this flaw to crash the system by creating sockets at specific times to trigger a NULL pointer dereference on the system.

Upstream patch:

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=74e98eb085889b0d2d4908f59f6e00026063014f

CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/545
Comment 1 Martin Prpič 2015-09-15 08:14:23 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1263140]
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2015-09-24 05:07:26 UTC 
kernel-4.2.1-300.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2015-10-03 21:14:56 UTC 
kernel-4.1.8-200.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2015-10-03 21:51:23 UTC 
kernel-4.1.8-100.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 5 Adam Mariš 2015-10-29 17:19:24 UTC 
The patch is incomplete, complete fix can be found here:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2015-7990

MITRE assigned new CVE for the vulnerability that remains present after the original incomplete patch:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q4/179
Comment 6 Wade Mealing 2016-02-01 04:17:20 UTC 
Statement:

This issue did not affect kernel, kernel-rt, and realtime-kernel versions shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG as they do not include the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation.
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