CVE-2015-6937

mediumpriority · track · 20EPSS 0.005 · 44 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.52% (44th) EPSS

CVSS 4.9 · medium

Is it mine?

13 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The __rds_conn_create function in net/rds/connection.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by using a socket that was not properly bound.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.9mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.9

v2.04.2mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-476USLLM-inferred

affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Open Source Linux Kernelall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:-
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts
Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts
Ubuntu Linux 15.04all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
canonical ubuntu linux= 12.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 14.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel≤ 4.2.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-1597Linux Kernel: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2015-09-14csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2015-10-19modified 2026-06-17

references (67)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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