506432 – (CVE-2014-2678) Kernel: dereference of a NULL device in rds_iw_laddr_check (CVE-2014-2678)

Bug 506432 (CVE-2014-2678) - Kernel: dereference of a NULL device in rds_iw_laddr_check (CVE-2014-2678)

Summary: Kernel: dereference of a NULL device in rds_iw_laddr_check (CVE-2014-2678)

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	CVE-2014-2678

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Kernel Security

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Reported:	2014-04-01 10:39 UTC by Agostino Sarubbo
Modified:	2022-03-25 21:56 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2014-04-01 10:39:38 UTC

CVE-2014-2678 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=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.

Comment 1 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2014-08-10 21:56:12 UTC

CVE-2014-2678 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=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.

Comment 2 John Helmert III archtester

2022-03-25 21:56:36 UTC

Fix in 3.15 as bf39b4247b8799935ea91d90db250ab608a58e50