CVE-2015-6937 (GCVE-0-2015-6937)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-10-19 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:36
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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2015-09-14 00:00
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