CVE-2014-8159
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 16, 2015
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 10, 2014
Description
The InfiniBand (IB) implementation in the Linux kernel package before 2.6.32-504.12.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly restrict use of User Verbs for registration of memory regions, which allows local users to access arbitrary physical memory locations, and consequently cause a denial of service (system crash) or gain privileges, by leveraging permissions on a uverbs device under /dev/infiniband/.
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
- RHSA-2015:0783vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2015:1491vendor-advisory
- USN-2529-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2530-1vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2015:0695vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2015:1489vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2015:1488vendor-advisory
- USN-2561-1vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2015:0751vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2015:0803vendor-advisory
- DSA-3237vendor-advisory
- USN-2528-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2527-1vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2015:0919vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2015:0782vendor-advisory
- USN-2526-1vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2015:1478vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2015-4066vendor-advisory
- 1032224vdb-entry
- 73060vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181166
- USN-2525-1vendor-advisory
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- RHSA-2015:0870vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2015:1487vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2015:0726vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2015:0674vendor-advisory
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