UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2678

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2678

    Published: 1 Apr 2014Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-2678
    Aliases:
    USN-2219-1
    USN-2220-1
    USN-2221-1

    Summary:

    Details: The rds_iw_laddr_check function in net/rds/iw.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2678, https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/3/29/188, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2219-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2220-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2221-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2223-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2224-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2225-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2227-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2228-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2678

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-24.46

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High