CVE-2013-7339

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-03-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-476

Description

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 products

Linux kernel: before 3.12.8 — fixed in 3.12.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 3.12.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c2349758acf1874e4c2b93fe41d072336f1a31d0
http://secunia.com/advisories/59386
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/20/14
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66351
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1079214
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c2349758acf1874e4c2b93fe41d072336f1a31d0
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c2349758acf1874e4c2b93fe41d072336f1a31d0
http://secunia.com/advisories/59386
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/20/14
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66351

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