CVE-2014-8133
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 17, 2014
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 10, 2014
Description
arch/x86/kernel/tls.c in the Thread Local Storage (TLS) implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.18.1 allows local users to bypass the espfix protection mechanism, and consequently makes it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism, via a crafted application that makes a set_thread_area system call and later reads a 16-bit value.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- USN-2515-1vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172797
- USN-2491-1vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2015:0736vendor-advisory
- USN-2490-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2492-1vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=41bdc78544b8a93a9c6814b8bbbfef966272abbe
- 62801third-party-advisory
- 71684vdb-entry
- USN-2518-1vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2015:058vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0566vendor-advisory
- USN-2493-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2517-1vendor-advisory
- DSA-3128vendor-advisory
- USN-2516-1vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/41bdc78544b8a93a9c6814b8bbbfef966272abbe
- RHSA-2015:1272vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20141215 Linux kernel: multiple x86_64 vulnerabilitiesmailing-list
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