Description (CNA)
kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle private syscall numbers during use of the ftrace subsystem, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a crafted application.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/06/11
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98556
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70971
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1161565
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1943.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/06/11
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98556
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70971
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1161565
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1943.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9