CVE-2015-7990

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 24
Modified
Published: 28 Dec 2015, 11:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 08:06

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
24/100
CVSS Score
5.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.04% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

28 Dec 2015, 11:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 08:06
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.04%• Percentile: 14%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-362•Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

    The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 4.3.2

References (37)