CVE-2014-7145

Kernel: cifs: NULL pointer dereference in SMB2_tcon

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.6

CVSS 2.0

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Published · August 17, 2014

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Common Internet File System (CIFS) implementation handled mounting of file system shares. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash a client system that would mount a file system share from a malicious server.

Statement

This issue does not affect the versions of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.

This issue affects the version of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Future kernel updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 may address this issue.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.6
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference