| Name | CVE-2015-6937 |
| Description | The __rds_conn_create function in net/rds/connection.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-310-1, DSA-3364-1 |
| NVD severity | medium |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | stretch | 4.9.228-1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.290-1 | fixed | |
| buster | 4.19.208-1 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 4.19.194-3 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 5.10.84-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.92-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm, sid | 5.15.15-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | 3.2.68-1+deb7u4 | DSA-3364-1 | ||
| linux | source | jessie | 3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u4 | DSA-3364-1 | ||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 4.2.1-1 | |||
| linux-2.6 | source | squeeze | 2.6.32-48squeeze14 | DLA-310-1 | ||
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) |
Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=74e98eb085889b0d2d4908f59f6e00026063014f (v4.3-rc1)