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CVE-2014-4157

arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h in the Linux kernel before 3.14.8 on the MIPS platform does not configure _TIF_SECCOMP checks on the fast system-call path, which allows local users to bypass intended PR_SET_SECCOMP restrictions by executing a crafted application without invoking a trace or audit subsystem.

Published

2014-06-23T11:21:19.217

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 3.14.8	Yes

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=137f7df8cead00688524c82360930845396b8a21 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/16/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.8 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/17 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=751417 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/137f7df8cead00688524c82360930845396b8a21 Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=137f7df8cead00688524c82360930845396b8a21 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/16/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.8 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/17 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=751417 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/137f7df8cead00688524c82360930845396b8a21 Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)