CVE-2014-7145 Information

Description

The SMB2_tcon function in fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c in the Linux kernel before 3.16.3 allows remote CIFS servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and client system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by deleting the IPC$ share during resolution of DFS referrals.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=18f39e7be0121317550d03e267e3ebd4dbfbb3ce http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0102.html http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/22/4 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69867 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2394-1 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/18f39e7be0121317550d03e267e3ebd4dbfbb3ce