CVE-2013-7339
published 2014-03-24CVE-2013-7339: The rds_ib_laddr_check function in net/rds/ib.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and…
PriorityP414medium4.7CVSS 2.0
AVLACMAuNCNINAC
EPSS
0.48%
39.0th percentile
The rds_ib_laddr_check function in net/rds/ib.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 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.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | linux | < linux 3.13-1 (bookworm) | linux 3.13-1 (bookworm) |
| linux | linux_kernel | < 3.12.8 | 3.12.8 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 3.13-1 | 3.13-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 3.13-1 | 3.13-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 3.13-1 | 3.13-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 3.13-1 | 3.13-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.04.7MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
osv4.7MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu7.1HIGH
vendor_debian4.7MEDIUM
vendor_redhat4.7MEDIUM
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VulDB
Linux Kernel 2.6.32.61/3.10.26/3.12.7 net/rds/ib.c rds_ib_laddr_check resource management (Nessus ID 74458 / ID 167228)
vuldb·2026-05-08·CVSS 4.7
CVE-2013-7339 [MEDIUM] Linux Kernel 2.6.32.61/3.10.26/3.12.7 net/rds/ib.c rds_ib_laddr_check resource management (Nessus ID 74458 / ID 167228)
A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Linux Kernel 2.6.32.61/3.10.26/3.12.7. This impacts the function rds_ib_laddr_check of the file net/rds/ib.c. Performing a manipulation results in improper resource management.
This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2013-7339. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available.
It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.
GHSA
GHSA-6pcv-r3vc-xfcc: The rds_ib_laddr_check function in net/rds/ib
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2013-7339 [MEDIUM] CWE-476 GHSA-6pcv-r3vc-xfcc: The rds_ib_laddr_check function in net/rds/ib
The rds_ib_laddr_check function in net/rds/ib.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 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.
OSV
CVE-2013-7339: The rds_ib_laddr_check function in net/rds/ib
osv·2014-03-24·CVSS 4.7
CVE-2013-7339 [MEDIUM] CVE-2013-7339: The rds_ib_laddr_check function in net/rds/ib
The rds_ib_laddr_check function in net/rds/ib.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 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.
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2014-05-26·CVSS 4.7
CVE-2013-7339 [MEDIUM] Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Matthew Daley reported an information leak in the floppy disk driver of the
Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to obtain
potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2014-1738)
Matthew Daley reported a flaw in the handling of ioctl commands by the
floppy disk driver in the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could
exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges if the floppy disk
module is loaded. (CVE-2014-1737)
A flaw was discovered in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol
implementation in the Linux kernel for systems that lack RDS transports. An
unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of
service (system
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2014-05-26·CVSS 4.7
CVE-2013-7339 [MEDIUM] Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Matthew Daley reported an information leak in the floppy disk driver of the
Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to obtain
potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2014-1738)
Matthew Daley reported a flaw in the handling of ioctl commands by the
floppy disk driver in the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could
exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges if the floppy disk
module is loaded. (CVE-2014-1737)
A flaw was discovered in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol
implementation in the Linux kernel for systems that lack RDS transports. An
unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of
service (s
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2014-03-07·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2013-4579 [MEDIUM] Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Mathy Vanhoef discovered an error in the the way the ath9k driver was
handling the BSSID masking. A remote attacker could exploit this error to
discover the original MAC address after a spoofing atack. (CVE-2013-4579)
Andrew Honig reported a flaw in the Linux Kernel's kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu
function of the Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) subsystem. A local user could
exploit this flaw to gain privileges on the host machine. (CVE-2013-4587)
Andrew Honig reported a flaw in the apic_get_tmcct function of the Kernel
Virtual Machine (KVM) subsystem if the Linux kernel. A guest OS user could
exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service or host OS system crash.
(CVE-2013-6367)
Andrew Honig
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2014-03-07·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2013-4579 [MEDIUM] Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Mathy Vanhoef discovered an error in the the way the ath9k driver was
handling the BSSID masking. A remote attacker could exploit this error to
discover the original MAC address after a spoofing atack. (CVE-2013-4579)
Andrew Honig reported an error in the Linux Kernel's Kernel Virtual Machine
(KVM) VAPIC synchronization operation. A local user could exploit this flaw
to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2013-6368)
A flaw was discovered in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol
implementation in the Linux kernel for systems that lack RDS transports. An
unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of
service (system crash). (CVE
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2014-03-07·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2013-4579 [MEDIUM] Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Mathy Vanhoef discovered an error in the the way the ath9k driver was
handling the BSSID masking. A remote attacker could exploit this error to
discover the original MAC address after a spoofing atack. (CVE-2013-4579)
Andrew Honig reported a flaw in the Linux Kernel's kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu
function of the Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) subsystem. A local user could
exploit this flaw to gain privileges on the host machine. (CVE-2013-4587)
Andrew Honig reported a flaw in the apic_get_tmcct function of the Kernel
Virtual Machine (KVM) subsystem if the Linux kernel. A guest OS user could
exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service or host OS system crash.
(CVE-2013-6367)
Andrew
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raring HWE) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2014-03-07·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2013-4579 [MEDIUM] Linux kernel (Raring HWE) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (Raring HWE) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Mathy Vanhoef discovered an error in the the way the ath9k driver was
handling the BSSID masking. A remote attacker could exploit this error to
discover the original MAC address after a spoofing atack. (CVE-2013-4579)
Andrew Honig reported a flaw in the Linux Kernel's kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu
function of the Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) subsystem. A local user could
exploit this flaw to gain privileges on the host machine. (CVE-2013-4587)
Andrew Honig reported a flaw in the apic_get_tmcct function of the Kernel
Virtual Machine (KVM) subsystem if the Linux kernel. A guest OS user could
exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service or host OS system crash.
(CVE-2013-6367)
Andrew
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2014-03-07·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2013-4579 [MEDIUM] Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Mathy Vanhoef discovered an error in the the way the ath9k driver was
handling the BSSID masking. A remote attacker could exploit this error to
discover the original MAC address after a spoofing atack. (CVE-2013-4579)
Andrew Honig reported an error in the Linux Kernel's Kernel Virtual Machine
(KVM) VAPIC synchronization operation. A local user could exploit this flaw
to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2013-6368)
A flaw was discovered in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol
implementation in the Linux kernel for systems that lack RDS transports. An
unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of
service (system crash). (CVE-2013-73
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Saucy HWE) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2014-02-18·CVSS 7.1
CVE-2013-4563 [HIGH] Linux kernel (Saucy HWE) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (Saucy HWE) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Saran Neti reported a flaw in the ipv6 UDP Fragmentation Offload (UFI) in
the Linux kernel. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a
denial of service (panic). (CVE-2013-4563)
Mathy Vanhoef discovered an error in the the way the ath9k driver was
handling the BSSID masking. A remote attacker could exploit this error to
discover the original MAC address after a spoofing atack. (CVE-2013-4579)
Andrew Honig reported a flaw in the Linux Kernel's kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu
function of the Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) subsystem. A local user could
exploit this flaw to gain privileges on the host machine. (CVE-2013-4587)
Andrew Honig reported a flaw in the apic_get_tmcct functi
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2014-02-18·CVSS 7.1
CVE-2013-4563 [HIGH] Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Saran Neti reported a flaw in the ipv6 UDP Fragmentation Offload (UFI) in
the Linux kernel. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a
denial of service (panic). (CVE-2013-4563)
Mathy Vanhoef discovered an error in the the way the ath9k driver was
handling the BSSID masking. A remote attacker could exploit this error to
discover the original MAC address after a spoofing atack. (CVE-2013-4579)
Andrew Honig reported a flaw in the Linux Kernel's kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu
function of the Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) subsystem. A local user could
exploit this flaw to gain privileges on the host machine. (CVE-2013-4587)
Andrew Honig reported a flaw in the apic_get_tmcct function of the Ke
Red Hat
kernel: net: rds: dereference of a NULL device in rds_ib_laddr_check()
vendor_redhat·2013-12-19·CVSS 4.7
CVE-2013-7339 [MEDIUM] kernel: net: rds: dereference of a NULL device in rds_ib_laddr_check()
kernel: net: rds: dereference of a NULL device in rds_ib_laddr_check()
The rds_ib_laddr_check function in net/rds/ib.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 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.
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the rds_ib_laddr_check() function in the Linux kernel's implementation of Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS). A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system.
Package: kernel (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2013-7339: linux - The rds_ib_laddr_check function in net/rds/ib.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12....
vendor_debian·2013·CVSS 4.7
CVE-2013-7339 [MEDIUM] CVE-2013-7339: linux - The rds_ib_laddr_check function in net/rds/ib.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12....
The rds_ib_laddr_check function in net/rds/ib.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 3.13-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 3.13-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 3.13-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 3.13-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 3.13-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-7339 kernel: net: rds: dereference of a NULL device in rds_ib_laddr_check()
bugzilla·2014-03-21·CVSS 4.7
CVE-2013-7339 [MEDIUM] CVE-2013-7339 kernel: net: rds: dereference of a NULL device in rds_ib_laddr_check()
CVE-2013-7339 kernel: net: rds: dereference of a NULL device in rds_ib_laddr_check()
Description of the problem:
Binding might result in a NULL device which is later dereferenced in rds_ib_laddr_check() function without checking.
A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system.
Upstream patch:
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c2349758acf1874e4c2b93fe41d072336f1a31d0
References:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/628
Discussion:
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1079222]
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Statement:
(none)
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This issue has been addressed in following products:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Via RHSA-2014:0740 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0740.html
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This issue has been addressed in
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-7339 kernel: kerne: net: rds: dereference of a NULL device [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2014-03-21·CVSS 4.7
CVE-2013-7339 [MEDIUM] CVE-2013-7339 kernel: kerne: net: rds: dereference of a NULL device [fedora-all]
CVE-2013-7339 kernel: kerne: net: rds: dereference of a NULL device [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
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Please note: this issue
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c2349758acf1874e4c2b93fe41d072336f1a31d0http://secunia.com/advisories/59386http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.8http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/20/14http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66351https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1079214https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c2349758acf1874e4c2b93fe41d072336f1a31d0http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c2349758acf1874e4c2b93fe41d072336f1a31d0http://secunia.com/advisories/59386http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.8http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/20/14http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66351https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1079214https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c2349758acf1874e4c2b93fe41d072336f1a31d0
2014-03-24
Published