CVE-2014-8159

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    CVE-2014-8159

    Published: 16 Mar 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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/.

    References: http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152747.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00007.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00009.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00011.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0674.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0695.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0726.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0751.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0782.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0783.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0803.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0870.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0919.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73060, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032224, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2525-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2526-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2527-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2528-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2529-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2530-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2561-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181166, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152747.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00007.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00009.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00011.html, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181166

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    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
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