The cma_req_handler function in drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c in the Linux kernel 3.14.x...
Vulnerability Description
The cma_req_handler function in drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c in the Linux kernel 3.14.x through 3.14.1 attempts to resolve an RDMA over Converged Ethernet (aka RoCE) address that is properly resolved within a different module, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer dereference and system crash) via crafted network traffic.
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References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/10/9
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b2853fd6c2d0f383dbdf7427e263eb576a633867
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b2853fd6c2d0f383dbdf7427e263eb576a633867
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1085415
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66716
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