kernel: net: rds: dereference of a NULL device in rds_ib_laddr_check()

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the rdsibladdrcheck function in the Linux kernel's implementation of Reliable Datagram Sockets RDS. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system...

kernel: net: rds: dereference of a NULL device in rds_ib_laddr_check()

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the rdsibladdrcheck function in the Linux kernel's implementation of Reliable Datagram Sockets RDS. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system...

UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7339

The rdsibladdrcheck 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...