NULL pointer dereference in Linux Kernel
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.
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: 0.004 (32.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel
- Oracle Linux — versions 5
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 20
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/60471 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/66543 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0926.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lkml.org/lkml/2014/3/29/188 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0926-1.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/31/10 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/59386 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/60130 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131276.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)