CVE-2014-8133 | BDVDB-2026-66834 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2515-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172797
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2491-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2490-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2492-1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=41bdc78544b8a93a9c6814b8bbbfef966272abbe
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62801
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71684
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2518-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2493-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2517-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3128
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.