CVE-2014-2678

The rds_iw_laddr_check function in net/rds/iw.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a bind system call for an RDS socket on a system that lacks RDS transports.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.7 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2014-04-01

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected products

• Fedora (Fedoraproject)
• Linux Kernel (Linux)
• Linux (Oracle)

References

• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0926-1.html
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0926.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131276.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59386
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60130
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60471
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/31/10
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66543
• https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/3/29/188