CVE-2015-6937

medium

Published 2015-10-19 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.9

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Linux kernel Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Ubuntu Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
14.04	Affected	—
12.04	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 7 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`4.2.1-1`
sid	Fixed	`4.2.1-1`
forky	Fixed	`4.2.1-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`4.2.1-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`4.2.1-1`
8.0	Affected	—
7.0	Affected	—

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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