Incomplete Fix for Race Condition in rds_sendmsg Function in Linux Kernel

CVE-2015-7990 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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