The rds_ib_laddr_check function in net/rds/ib.c in the Linux kernel before...

Vulnerability 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.

References

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