Denial of Service and System Crash Vulnerability in Linux Kernel through 4.2.3

CVE-2015-6937 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The __rds_conn_create function in net/rds/connection.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 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.

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