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SUSE: CVE-2014-8133: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
12/17/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/18/2015
Modified
06/21/2018

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build

References

  • SUSE-SU-2014:1695-1
  • SUSE-SU-2014:1695-2
  • SUSE-SU-2014:1698-1
  • SUSE-SU-2015:0068-1
  • SUSE-SU-2015:0581-1
  • SUSE-SU-2015:0736
  • SUSE-SU-2015:0736-1
  • RHSA-2015:1272
  • DLA-155-1
  • DSA-3128
  • MDVSA-2015:058
  • 71684
  • USN-2490-1
  • USN-2491-1
  • USN-2492-1
  • USN-2493-1
  • USN-2515-1
  • USN-2515-2
  • USN-2516-1
  • USN-2516-2
  • USN-2516-3
  • USN-2517-1
  • USN-2518-1
  • CVE-2014-8133
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