CVE-2015-7990
low-risk
Published 2015-12-28
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.
Do I need to act?
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0.04% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.8/10
Medium
LOCAL
/ HIGH complexity
Affected Products (1)
Affected Vendors
References (74)
Vendor Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.3
and 54 more references
20
/ 100
low-risk
Severity
15/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal