A denial of service flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel, where a race condition caused a NULL pointer dereference in the RDS socket-creation code. A local attacker could use this flaw to create a situation in which a NULL pointer crashed the kernel.
Find out more about CVE-2015-7990 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue affects Red Hat enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The affected code is not available in 7, MRG and realtime kernels.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 6.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | kernel-rt | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-rt | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Will not fix |
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