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CVE-2014-8159 Details

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/.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152747.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00007.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
>= 2.6.12, < 3.2.69
>= 3.3, < 3.4.108
>= 3.5, < 3.10.75
>= 3.11, < 3.12.41
>= 3.13, < 3.14.39

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
10.04
12.04
14.04
14.10

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
7.0
8.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

23 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-8159
NVD Published Date:
Mar 16, 2015
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2014-8159 Details - Not Deferred