CVE-2015-6937: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 4.2.3

Published 2015-10-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.