Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's SMB2_tcon Function

CVE-2014-7145 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The SMB2_tcon function in fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c in the Linux kernel before 3.16.3 allows remote CIFS servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and client system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by deleting the IPC$ share during resolution of DFS referrals.

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