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HistoryJan 28, 2016 - 12:00 a.m.

K98102572 : Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2015-7990

2016-01-2800:00:00
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AI Score

6.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

10.1%

Security Advisory 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. (CVE-2015-7990)
Impact
A local user may exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (DoS) on the system.