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CVE-2015-7990 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.8 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8c7188b23474cca017b3ef354c4a58456f68303a	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00018.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00007.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00009.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00017.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00018.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00019.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00020.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00021.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00022.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00034.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00039.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276437	CVE
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952384	CVE
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8c7188b23474cca017b3ef354c4a58456f68303a	CVE
https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/10/16/530	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3396	CVE
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.3	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/5	CVE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77340	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034453	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-2	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3	CVE
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8c7188b23474cca017b3ef354c4a58456f68303a	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00018.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00007.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00009.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00017.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00018.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00019.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00020.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00021.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00022.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00034.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00039.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276437	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952384	[email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8c7188b23474cca017b3ef354c4a58456f68303a	[email protected]
https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/10/16/530	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3396	[email protected]
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.3	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/5	[email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77340	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034453	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-2	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3	[email protected]

see all 74 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-362	Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	<= 4.3.2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 17, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 7, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 6, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 28, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 28, 2015	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Dec 28, 2015	Initial Analysis	[email protected]