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CVE-2015-7990

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…

Medium5.8EPSS 0.35%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
mitre

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2015-7990, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.0Medium5.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.

Weakness

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