CVE-2015-6937 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2015-6937?

CVE-2015-6937 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 19 Oct 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6937?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2015-6937?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2015-6937 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6937 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

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• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6937, GHSA-vcw3-c24j-h6v5, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6937.