NULL pointer dereference in Linux Kernel
CVE-2013-7339
The rds_ib_laddr_check function in net/rds/ib.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (38.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 38.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/20/14 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/66351 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.8 (Patch, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- secunia.com/advisories/59386 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c2349758acf1874e4c2b93fe41d072336f1a31d0 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- git.kernel.org/