CVE-2014-2678

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-2678
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-04-01 06:35:53 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.7 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-476 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 5 - All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
LKML: Sasha Levin: [PATCH v2] rds: prevent dereference of a NULL device in rds_iw_laddr_check af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lkml.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
linux.oracle.com | ELSA-2014-0926 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 linux.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2013-7348 CVE-2014-2678 Linux kernel aio and rds issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
linux.oracle.com | ELSA-2014-0926-1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 linux.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: kernel-3.13.9-200.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel CVE-2014-2678 NULL Pointer Dereference Local Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
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