The rds_ib_xmit function in net/rds/ib_send.c in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation in the Linux kernel 3.7.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and kernel panic) by establishing an RDS connection with the source IP address equal to the IPoIB interface's own IP address, as demonstrated by rds-ping.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 1 | kernel | 2012-07-05 16:19 | ALAS-2012-100 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C |