CVE-2014-1438
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 18, 2014
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 13, 2014
Description
The restore_fpu_checking function in arch/x86/include/asm/fpu-internal.h in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 on the AMD K7 and K8 platforms does not clear pending exceptions before proceeding to an EMMS instruction, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (task kill) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- USN-2135-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2138-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2113-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2141-1vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1052914
- [oss-security] 20140114 Re: Linux kernel: missing CPU-state sanitation during task-switch causes DOS / privilege escalationmailing-list
- USN-2136-1vendor-advisory
- 64781vdb-entry
- USN-2139-1vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2014-1062vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=26bef1318adc1b3a530ecc807ef99346db2aa8b0
- USN-2134-1vendor-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.8
- MDVSA-2014:038vendor-advisory
- USN-2117-1vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/26bef1318adc1b3a530ecc807ef99346db2aa8b0
- USN-2133-1vendor-advisory
- 1029592vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2014-1072vendor-advisory
- [linux-kernel] 20140110 Re: Sanitize CPU-state when switching tasks (was sanitize CPU-state when switching from virtual-8086 mode to other task)mailing-list
- http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2013/Vm86SyscallTaskSwitchKernelPanic/
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