CVE-2014-2678

Description

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.

References

https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/3/29/188

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66543

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/31/10

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131276.html

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0926.html

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0926-1.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3