CVE-2014-1874

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    CVE-2014-1874

    Published: 28 Feb 2014Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The security_context_to_sid_core function in security/selinux/ss/services.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the CAP_MAC_ADMIN capability to set a zero-length security context.

    References: http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0771.html, http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3043.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/59262, http://secunia.com/advisories/59309, http://secunia.com/advisories/59406, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.4, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/2, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65459, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2128-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2129-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2133-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2134-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2137-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2140-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062356, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2172fa709ab32ca60e86179dc67d0857be8e2c98, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/2, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2172fa709ab32ca60e86179dc67d0857be8e2c98, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062356, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2172fa709ab32ca60e86179dc67d0857be8e2c98

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High